105 quotes
“You haven’t changed at all, Carlos. You never trusted anyone or anything.”
“Maybe that’s why I’m still alive.”
Soothsayer (1991)
The only thing I’m really good at is wishing I was somewhere else.
Prophet (1993)
We have nothing in common except our enmity.
Oracle (1992)
The first duty of power is to perpetuate itself. The first duty of free men is to resist it.
Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)
“Fast is good,” said the Iceman. “Accurate is better.” He paused again. “And knowing when not to shoot is better still.”
Prophet (1993)
“I’ve always wanted what people told me I couldn’t have,” responded Flint. “You’ve never wanted all that much of anything. Which do you suppose is worse?”
The Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy (1983)
I may die unmourned, but I sure as hell don’t plan to die unavenged.
Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)
“Is it true?”
“Probably. But just for the record, is what true?”
Sideshow (1982)
We’re going to have a murder. Audiences like a little violence with their sex and music.
Eros at Nadir (1986)
In a totalitarian society, the most valuable commodity is information, since the government guards it so jealously.
Inferno (1993)
True representations are for libraries. Happy, exciting stories are for audiences.
Eros at Nadir (1986)
“She didn’t kill him,” explained the Iceman. “She could have saved him, but she chose not to. Legally it’s not the same thing; morally it is.”
Prophet (1993)
“Let’s be reasonable,” suggests Bet-a-Bunch Murphy, which I personally think would make a pleasant change.
The Hex Is In: The Fast Life and Fantastic Times of Harry the Book (2020)
“I obviously have more faith in these people than you do, John.”
“Maybe that’s because I know them better.”
Bully! (1990)
He mumbles something that wouldn’t make any sense even if he was saying it clearly.
The Hex Is In: The Fast Life and Fantastic Times of Harry the Book (2020)
She is unique, even among women, who are all unique, each in their own alien way.
The Hex Is In: The Fast Life and Fantastic Times of Harry the Book (2020)
“He has willpower to spare,” I say. “Unfortunately, what he lacks is won’tpower.”
The Hex Is In: The Fast Life and Fantastic Times of Harry the Book (2020)
I’m not a practitioner of any religion, and I like it that way.
Somewhere along the way he learned the most important lesson of all, which was that a king with no heirs had better never turn his back on anybody.
Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)
You have many wonderful qualities, Virtue—you lie and cheat and blackmail and bluff with great panache, and you’re thoroughly delightful in bed—but you simply aren’t a skilled professional killer.
Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)