# Quote — Avram Davidson, The Phoenix and the Mirror

> And then in that, admittedly magnificent, abrupt moment you saw what I concede without argument was the face of rather an attractive wench, and—Zeus! you weren’t thinking, man—you were simply reacting. It wasn’t your heart, it was your codpiece that the impulse came from!

- Author: [Avram Davidson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/avram-davidson.md)
- Book: [The Phoenix and the Mirror](https://www.leafyquotes.com/avram-davidson/the-phoenix-and-the-mirror.md)
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