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Quotes from Lady of Mazes — Karl Schroeder

born 1962 Canada

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That’s what being human means: to be master of your own fate.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

But what good's abundance if nobody can experience it?

Lady of Mazes (2005)

Only the dead are free of the influence of others.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

What’s real is what’s valuable. Everything else is just an illusion.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

In such a way she had done what her people prized above all else: she had given her respect to those different from herself.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

“The great commandment of the narratives is that your life must be meaningful,” said Charon. “If knowing the truth strips the meaning away, then the truth must be suppressed.”

Lady of Mazes (2005)

The being was trying to get him to think about what he was saying, not just recite.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

Idiots. They were losing everything because of their short-sightedness. Maybe they deserved to lose it.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

Even the gods fight boredom in vain.

Lady of Mazes (2005)

“I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.”
“As listeners, we are not required to understand,” said Qiingi. “Only to care.”

Lady of Mazes (2005)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Schroeder (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.