I am mistress of all the sciences. I go so far beyond all else that my work is called magic.
Quotes from Space Chantey — R. A. Lafferty
1914–2002 United States
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Be not nervous. In a very little while you will either be a member or you will not be.
If you have come with high expectations of anything, you have come to the wrong place.
By my attention I hold it all in being. Nothing exists unless it is perceived.
I am a great one for winning justice for the lowly, and I do not scare easily.
The witch has been playing a semantic trick on us.
And finally a great savior broke the charm.
This is the reason that the inside of every world is so much vaster than the outside.
One goes down to death, and it leaves a mark on one forever.
The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.
Do you not know that the underground lands are shared by many worlds?
I will set a Wednesday-term to the monster.
I will never tell anyone how much fun it is in this place.
There are no rules. We do whatever seems the most fun.
For all other crimes we give asylum, for the most heinous crime in the universe we give no asylum.
It's not on my great shoulders, it is amazing head on my great shoulders that maintains all.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: R. A. Lafferty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.