# Quote — Jack Vance, Night Lamp

> Sacerdotal, religious or priest-dominated societies are like organisms with a cancer.

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [Night Lamp](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/night-lamp.md)
- Page: 183
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Vance#Night_Lamp_(1996)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/night-lamp/sacerdotal-religious-or-priest-dominated

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> Jaro, my dear, there is no mystery about violence. It is the reflexive act of brutes, boors and moral defectives.

p. 37 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/night-lamp/jaro-my-dear.md)

> They meant no harm, of course; they wanted only that he be like themselves, which was the prerogative of all parents.

p. 68 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/night-lamp/they-meant-no-harm.md)

> “My term of penitence is over and tomorrow I leave this dust hole and that sullen beast Arsloe behind—forever, or so I hope. I must take pains, of course, to avoid my previous faults.”
>
> “What did you do?” asked Gaing. “Did you—” and he coarsely suggested an act of sexual perversion committed upon the young daughter of the Chief Magistrate.
>
> “No, nothing like that. What I did was worse. I gave voice to unpopular opinions.”

p. 223 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/night-lamp/my-term-of-penitence.md)