# A Plague of Demons

- Author: [Keith Laumer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/a-plague-of-demons

## Quotes

> Out of the synthesis of opposites, a cancerous growth called Beauty came into being; obscene antisurvival concepts named Loyalty, Courage, Justice were born into the universe.
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> Wherever the elemental Purities encountered this monstrous hybrid, a battle of extermination was joined. Good could compromise with Evil, but neither could meet with the half-breed, Art.

p. 169

> Yours is not to reason why, eh? I guess you’re lucky at that. It’s not dying that hurts—it’s living.

p. 134

> “All right. Let’s begin with the world situation.”
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> “I’d prefer a more cheerful subject—like cancer.”

p. 10

> “Why do you fight this war?”
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> The alien mind howled out its war slogan—as incomprehensible as an astrologer’s jargon.

p. 164