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Such speculation leads us nowhere and everywhere, but it makes no difference to our understanding of our immediate problems.

— Michael Moorcock The Queen of the Swords (1971)

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More quotes by Michael Moorcock

The albino reflected on the power of the human mind to build a fantasy and then defend it with complete determination as a reality.

The Fortress of the Pearl (1989)

Somewhere you can hear them whimpering, as if the evidence of their own mortality were emphasised by the knowledge of other people’s happiness.

The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976)

Everything means nothing—that is the only truth.

To Rescue Tanelorn (1962)

Everything dies eventually—but that shouldn’t stop us enjoying life while it is there to be enjoyed.

The Wrecks of Time aka The Rituals of Infinity (1967)

Redefine the terms by which Man views the world, and thus eventually you redefine the world itself.

The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)

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