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Quotes from A Plague of Demons — Keith Laumer

1925–1993 United States

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“All right. Let’s begin with the world situation.”
“I’d prefer a more cheerful subject—like cancer.”

A Plague of Demons (1965)

“Why do you fight this war?”
The alien mind howled out its war slogan—as incomprehensible as an astrologer’s jargon.

A Plague of Demons (1965)

Yours is not to reason why, eh? I guess you’re lucky at that. It’s not dying that hurts—it’s living.

A Plague of Demons (1965)

Out of the synthesis of opposites, a cancerous growth called Beauty came into being; obscene antisurvival concepts named Loyalty, Courage, Justice were born into the universe.
Wherever the elemental Purities encountered this monstrous hybrid, a battle of extermination was joined. Good could compromise with Evil, but neither could meet with the half-breed, Art.

A Plague of Demons (1965)

Attribution

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