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Quotes from Jack Faust — Michael Swanwick

born 1950 United States

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He stood unmoving, wondering at his own abrupt and incomprehensible inability to act. He did not fear damnation. Nor did he give a fig for the common opinion of Mankind. There was nothing to stop him but fear alone—fear that his reasoning was wrong.

Jack Faust (1997)

“The law,” Hoess suggested, “might not be entirely unhelpful here.”

Jack Faust (1997)

“Now why on Earth would you tell him a thing like that?”
“Because it’s true.”
Sbrulius laughed. “That, dear Faust, is the single worst argument you could have raised. Many things are true. Few are proper. Fewer still are desirable.”

Jack Faust (1997)

“Now here is a treasure, Averroës Commentaries on Aristotle in a tolerable translation from the Arabic by Gerard of Cremona.” He lasciviously stroked the red leather boards, knowing well how his pupil ached for the chance to pore through it. “A liar’s gloss on a liar’s lies. Surely this is a rare criminal.”

Jack Faust (1997)

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