# Quote — Jack Vance, The Green Pearl

> Aillas replied that while King Audry cited several points of technical interest, and used the resources of abstract logic in an adroit manner, he had actually made no connection with reality.

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [The Green Pearl](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-green-pearl.md)
- Page: 626
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-green-pearl/aillas-replied-that

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> I have transcended that phase in my intellectual growth where I discover humour in simple freakishness. What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since wherever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapours rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite my laughter.

p. 430 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-green-pearl/i-have-transcended.md)

> “If ambush I must, then ambush I will,” Aillas muttered to himself. “A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won.”

p. 518 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-green-pearl/if-ambush-i-must.md)

> Dango, Pume, Thwither: down with Visbhume’s breeches; let him hold his backside at the ready.

p. 505 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/the-green-pearl/dango-pume-thwither.md)