# Quote — Jack Vance, Wyst: Alastor 1716

> So much existed: so much to be felt and seen and known! A single life was not enough…

- Author: [Jack Vance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance.md)
- Book: [Wyst: Alastor 1716](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/wyst-alastor-1716.md)
- Page: 307
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Vance#Wyst:_Alastor_1716_(1978)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/wyst-alastor-1716/so-much-existed

## More from this book

> It is all sheer egocentricity: the myth of self triumphant over destiny!

p. 356 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/wyst-alastor-1716/it-is-all.md)

> “I wonder, sir, if you’d be good enough to advise me.”
>
> “Certainly, within the limits of discretion,” said Eubanq. “I should warn you, however, that free advice is usually not worth its cost.”

p. 417 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/wyst-alastor-1716/i-wonder-sir.md)

> Jantiff gave a hollow laugh. “Who now is the exploiter, monopolist, elitist tycoon and all the rest? What of egalism now?”
>
> Esteban retorted in a debonair, if somewhat edgy, voice: “Egalism is all very well, and I subscribe to it! Still: why deny the obvious? Everyone wants to make the most of their life.”

p. 342 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-vance/wyst-alastor-1716/jantiff-gave-a-hollow.md)