164 quotes
You will go to any length, however sumptuous or cataclysmic, in order solely to avoid the words: it appears I am at fault.
Delirium's Mistress (1986)
This much poison cannot pour in one’s ears without it will leave some trace.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered.
Volkhavaar (1977)
To be dead was a state which played odd tricks on dreams of vengeance.
Death's Master (1979)
When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.
Volkhavaar (1977)
Though they were beautiful, so are fires and leopards.
Delirium's Mistress (1986)
The gods’ inventions are notorious by their errors.
Night's Sorceries (1987)
The sacrifice lives, but the sun’s still shining.
East of Midnight (1977)
Such an accusation is as stupid as it is absurd.
The Storm Lord (1976)
In the partial silence, the ocean asserted itself, waves hurled loudly against rock, slithering back with smashed spines, then, healed by immersion, hurled forward again.
Electric Forest (1979)
Resist. Come, you’re tough enough, my lady, aren’t you, if you beg for death rather than inflict evil?
The Castle of Dark (1978)
Such is the civilizing effect of city life upon men. It kills the instincts and replaces them with extended noses.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
Truth is at the door, howling and stamping her foot. Truth is not always decorous.
Delirium's Mistress (1986)
The plague came to be called Yellow Mantle. Men must name everything, as if, by giving it a name, they will decrease the nameless horror they experience.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
I said, “When you are on your deathbed, Erran, pray that you never meet me in the place you are going to.”
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)
“I can’t guess,” said Olvia, “why he accepted my invitation. If I had realized he would, I would never have sent it.”
Day by Night (1980)
Human aspiration is often blind, its motto: I want, therefore I will have.
Delusion's Master (1981)
“Can I appeal?”
“Oh yes.”
“Will it do any good?”
“None whatsoever.”
Don't Bite the Sun (1976)
Far too soon a man is in his grave, and how small are the hurricanes and mountains of his life—vengeance, love, might, and conquest—compared to that tiny heap of bone dust at its end.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
I began to feel lighthearted. Don’t ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.
Don't Bite the Sun (1976)