Quotes from Emphyrio — Jack Vance
1916–2013 United States
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Control is necessary and even good—so long as I do the controlling.
Emphyrio (1969)
Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.
Emphyrio (1969)
Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. Otherwise they fall into desuetude and become unfashionable, unorthodox—finally irregulationary.
Emphyrio (1969)
“Tomorrow?”
“Sh.” She put her hand across his lips. “Never say the word!”
Emphyrio (1969)
What, given the circumstances, would have been Emphyrio’s course of action?
Truth.
Very well, thought Ghyl: it shall be Truth, and let the consequences fall where they may.
Emphyrio (1969)
IF THERE BE HERE LESSON OR MORAL, IT LIES BEYOND THE COMPETENCE OF HIM WHO INSCRIBES THIS RECORD.
Emphyrio (1969)