"All is mutability, and thus your three hundred terces has fluctuated to three."
Jack Vance Quotes
1916–2013 United States
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series.
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Also known as: Vance, Jack, Lyonesse Trilogy
296 quotes
Conjecture without facts was useless; he must deal with events as they occurred.
Demon Princes (1964)
Never neglect the wonder of conscious existence, which too soon comes to an end!
Durdane series (1971)
Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)
“Let him talk as he will!” scoffed Zamp. “His motives are not at all obscure.”
Showboat World (1975)
Night Lamp (1996)
Showboat World (1975)
It is all sheer egocentricity: the myth of self triumphant over destiny!
Alastor trilogy (1973)
Sanatoris Short-Cut (1948)
Dying Earth (1950)
Vengeance is not the most noble activity, but submissiveness is worse.
Planet of Adventure (1968)
Your thoughts move with the deft precision of worm-tracks in the mud.
The Languages of Pao (1958)
Revenge is not an ignoble motive, when it works to a productive end.
Demon Princes (1964)
It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.
Dying Earth (1950)
A detached attitude toward the problems of others is not illegal.
Demon Princes (1964)
Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)
Destiny could not bring him this far only to deal him failure!
Demon Princes (1964)
An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
Dying Earth (1950)
A person who calls facts absurdities will often be surprised.
Planet of Adventure (1968)
"My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance."
Dying Earth (1950)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Vance (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.