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Quotes from The English Assassin — Michael Moorcock

born 1939 England

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Is there anything sadder, I wonder, than an assassin with nobody left to kill?

The English Assassin (1972)

The barbarians don’t come from outside the walls any more, do they?

The English Assassin (1972)

From beyond the door came the sound of people at prayer, led by the droning voices of the priests. Even the plane seemed to be praying. Una went to find a parachute before they reached Windermere.

The English Assassin (1972)

“The schizophrenic condition finds its most glorious expression in Hinduism,” remarked Professor Hira. “Whereas Christianity is an expression of the much less interesting paranoid frame of reference. Paranoia is rarely heroic, in the mythical sense, at least.”

The English Assassin (1972)

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