Quotes from Demon Princes — Jack Vance
1916–2013 United States
40 quotes
What good is notoriety if your friends are unable to profit from it?
Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.
The tighter the discipline of an art form, the more subjective the criteria of taste.
Art implies discipline; the more excellent the art, the more rigorous the discipline.
Conjecture without facts was useless; he must deal with events as they occurred.
Revenge is not an ignoble motive, when it works to a productive end.
A detached attitude toward the problems of others is not illegal.
Destiny could not bring him this far only to deal him failure!
You will have useful work: the destruction of evil men. What work could be more useful?
“May I inquire as to your motives?”
“Why do you trouble to ask? You would believe nothing told you.”
It does no good to hurry here. In fact, it may even be against the law.
The seconds marched past, traversing that mysterious boundary which separates future from past.
“Be on your way; this is holy soil.”
“How can you be so sure? It looks like ordinary dirt.”
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m looking at you, and grateful for the opportunity.”
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Vance (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.