254 quotes
Derbeck is a theocracy based on religious and political orthodoxy. Arbitrary executions and torture are integral to such systems.
Sideshow (1992)
We all know men who are angry at everything, simply because they prefer to be angry at everything. Often, they self-destruct, and sometimes they take other people with them.
Six Moon Dance (1998)
Don’t you find that predators are those who most often assert absolute rights to personal freedoms?
The Fresco (2000)
There is no innocence so deep as to veil the urgencies of the flesh from one’s own youthful awareness.
Beauty (1991)
Does the worm on the hook expect to be rescued simply because the fish have eaten all the other worms?
Shadow's End (1994)
He blunders about like an ape in an apiary, infuriating the inhabitants and missing all the sweetness!
Singer from the Sea (1999)
There are those who must find fault somewhere, among the dead if they cannot find enough among the living.
The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (1985)
“The show,” Aunt Sizzy was want to say, “may not have to go on, but we don’t buy groceries unless it does!”
Sideshow (1992)
The Regime says a lot of things, nine-tenths of it lies and the other tenth wishful thinking.
The Visitor (2002)
Mendost is not long on thinking, but he has a clear picture of himself as he believes he is.
Jinian Footseer (1985)
Why are we wondering why the world wishes itself dead when we are doing nothing to heal it?
Dervish Daughter (1986)
Sam grew up to be both dutiful and willful, a boy who would say yes to avoid trouble but then do as he pleased.
Raising the Stones (1990)
“I can’t believe he’s an evil man.”
“Well, if you won’t believe him evil, then think of a reason why he’s not.”
Wizard's Eleven (1984)
Her tone conveyed the unimportance of anything that might have happened, anywhere, before she came upon the scene.
Raising the Stones (1990)
For those impervious to history, only sterilization and quarantine are efficacious.
The Margarets (2007)
The knife of conscience twisted, and the serpent of guilt writhed under the knife.
Wizard's Eleven (1984)
If one may not sleep and one may not act, then what use is there sitting about?
The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (1985)
“Even pain,” said the king, with no intention of being prophetic, “even pain is preferable to dying of unrelieved ennui.”
Shadow's End (1994)
Things are as they are, and no amount of wishful thinking will change them!
Sideshow (1992)
The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.
The Fresco (2000)