219 quotes
The albino reflected on the power of the human mind to build a fantasy and then defend it with complete determination as a reality.
The Fortress of the Pearl (1989)
Somewhere you can hear them whimpering, as if the evidence of their own mortality were emphasised by the knowledge of other people’s happiness.
The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976)
Everything means nothing—that is the only truth.
To Rescue Tanelorn (1962)
Everything dies eventually—but that shouldn’t stop us enjoying life while it is there to be enjoyed.
The Wrecks of Time aka The Rituals of Infinity (1967)
Redefine the terms by which Man views the world, and thus eventually you redefine the world itself.
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
True madness, like true evil, I had been informed once, was always characterised by its banality.
The Cairene Purse (1997)
The poor man has sacrificed himself for others, but he could not help resenting them from time to time.
A Cure for Cancer (1971)
Knowledge ceases to be wisdom when one has no method for making sense or use of what one learns.
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
How true it is when they say there is nothing which makes a man more furious than the discovery that he has deceived himself!
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Thus woman trusts in man down all the years and so, as always, is betrayed.
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
It’s all a question of power and rarely a question of justice.
The Steel Tsar (1981)
The man called himself a wizard, but Corum would have called him a philosopher, someone who enjoyed exploring and discovering the secrets of nature.
The Bull and the Spear (1973)
Violence creates nothing but violence, no matter what we call it and what the excuse. And so it goes, down all the centuries.
The Steel Tsar (1981)
I guessed he experienced the terrible confusion of a true solipsist when the outer world impinges.
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
The sentient may perceive and love the universe, but the universe cannot perceive and love the sentient.
The Knight of the Swords (1971)
One can act too much in the cause of self-preservation and experience nothing fresh as a result.
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
“It’s never ‘should’ with engineers, my old friend, but ‘how’? Have you not learned that much?”
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
“I shall not be killed!” The count smiled scornfully, as if death were something that only others suffered.
The Jewel in the Skull (1967)
Every court must have its fool, every great ideal must attract some who are motivated only by self-interest.
The Runestaff (1969)
How many generations need to comply in a fallacy before it becomes accepted as truth?
The Condition of Muzak (1977)