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Quotes from In the Drift — Michael Swanwick

born 1950 United States

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6 quotes

These hands were almost crippled digging coal so that rich men in Boston might grow even richer.

In the Drift (1985)

People will believe in just about any kind of superstitious crap nowadays.

In the Drift (1985)

If I have to play your stupid games, at least I don’t have to pretend to enjoy them.

In the Drift (1985)

I’m a politician. I agree with the majority of whoever I happen to be with at the moment.

In the Drift (1985)

Your girlfriend is none too tightly wrapped, if you’ll forgive me for saying so. I don’t think she’s actually crazy, but—I been watching her a long time, and it is my considered opinion that she is none too clear on where the line between fantasy and reality should be drawn.

In the Drift (1985)

“What you propose to do today is to bring civilization to a lawless corner of the world. I know that you claim more modest ambitions. But when the protection of law is extended to the innocent and weak, that is civilization. Now I hold that in the natural state, there are only two kinds of people in the world—the men with guns, and the victims. And the one kind feeds off the other.”

In the Drift (1985)

Attribution

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