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Quotes from The Runestaff — Michael Moorcock

born 1939 England

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Every court must have its fool, every great ideal must attract some who are motivated only by self-interest.

The Runestaff (1969)

It is many years since I have wielded a weapon larger than a pen, borne anything weightier than a difficult problem in philosophy.

The Runestaff (1969)

And then he pursed his lips in disgust. “Doubtless that was the result of supernatural interference with our brains! How I hate the supernatural!”

The Runestaff (1969)

“And is adventure and sensation all we should seek, Meliadus?”
“Aye—why not? All is chaos, there is no meaning to existence, there is only one advantage to living one’s life and that is to discover all the sensations the human mind and body is capable of feeling.”

The Runestaff (1969)

Attribution

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