“You make very narrow distinctions.”
“Of course! That is the nature of clear thinking.”
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
The Languages of Pao (1958)
Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)
What a strange and unfamiliar world if everyone were treated according to his deserts!
Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)
“And the moral?”
“It is certainly clear. Things are not always what they seem.”
Nopalgarth (1980)
Your vision exceeds your practicality: often the case with a musician.
Durdane series (1971)
Which is better: cheap submission or expensive independence?
Durdane series (1971)
I don’t care a fig whether or not you are offended.
Durdane series (1971)
I am not called Cugel the Clever for nothing.
Dying Earth (1950)
A troubled society is like a man with a stomach-ache. When he purges himself, he improves.
Alastor trilogy (1973)
Evidently you do not trust me. This does not predispose me to trust you.
Planet of Adventure (1968)
It does no good to hurry here. In fact, it may even be against the law.
Demon Princes (1964)
To Live Forever (1956)
Durdane series (1971)
Demon Princes (1964)
We’ll rack our brains and either solve your problem or come up come up with new and better ones.
Rumfuddle (1973)
The seconds marched past, traversing that mysterious boundary which separates future from past.
Demon Princes (1964)
Another busy day! So let’s to business. The clock moves forward; wasted time is life defeated!
To Live Forever (1956)
“Be on your way; this is holy soil.”
“How can you be so sure? It looks like ordinary dirt.”
Demon Princes (1964)
Dango, Pume, Thwither: down with Visbhume’s breeches; let him hold his backside at the ready.
Lyonesse Trilogy (1983)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Vance (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.