61 quotes
Life is a hopeless rear guard action against an overwhelming foe; still how can we not admire those who battle on regardless?
Majestrum (2006)
But in this age, logic was a flame that must be frequently starved of fuel.
The Spiral Labyrinth (2007)
“You ask if anyone has ‘tested the concept.’ But why would anyone test reality? Reality is not for testing, but for living with.”
The Spiral Labyrinth (2007)
“Often, when a stranger says, ‘Trust me,’ a wise man puts his hand on his purse and backs away.”
The Spiral Labyrinth (2007)
When all the good ideas have been expended, I quoted to myself, one might as well try a bad one.
Hespira (2009)
The direct approach is not always the wisest strategy, as those who have fallen off mountains can testify.
Fool Me Twice (2001)
Assigning blame is a fixation of an ineffective mind.
Fool Me Twice (2001)
I cannot comment on your beliefs. What appears self-evident to one person may seem to another observer to be entirely the product of an idiosyncratic bent.
Majestrum (2006)
“In any case”—he gestured at the car—“this vehicle has achieved a state of permanent inanimation.”
Fools Errant (1994)
As ever, you vainly grasp at diaphanous vastness while the tangible turns to mist in your hands.
Fool Me Twice (2001)
When the Wheel turns, much that is impossible in the old phase becomes commonplace in the new.
Majestrum (2006)
Have you considered the possibility that our standards as to what is important may differ?
Majestrum (2006)
Does not the acceptance of a spurious perfection end the search for true perfection?
Fools Errant (1994)
“This conversation would be more easily conducted,” said Filidor, “if I had any notion of what you are talking about.”
Fools Errant (1994)
“I will inform the world of your preference,” said Gaskarth, “but I doubt it will lead to any significant improvements in your lot.”
Fools Errant (1994)
“Wealth tends to generate wealth,” he began.
I gave a qualified assent. “If it does not instead give birth to folly.”
Hespira (2009)
I reflected that the genial glow that surrounds the doer of a good deed loses some of its warmth and brightness when the recipient meets every action with the pinched face of suspicion.
Hespira (2009)
If you quest after justice, young women are the wrong continent to explore. They run more to clemency or spite.
Fool Me Twice (2001)
“What is your theory?” my assistant asked, but again I declined to answer. A mistaken theory that never went farther than its originator’s mind does not count as an error.
Majestrum (2006)
The commerciants of Olkney were renowned for their egalitarian spirit, judging rich and poor alike solely by the weight of their purses.
Fool Me Twice (2001)