Lin Carter

Quotes

1. You will observe, I think, that repentance is seldom whole-hearted, and generally arises from such base and ignoble motives as feeling sorry for yourself in dire circumstances.

   p. 147

2. 

   However, as one or another of the philosophers has probably noted ere now, the morning was not quite over yet.

   p. 86

3. 

   Sheb being a theocracy was naturally ruled by the priests, and priests are naturally bigoted in favor of their own narrow creed, and intolerant of differences of opinion on theological matters. It’s really too bad that things are that way, but there you are: you have to take the world the way it is, not the way you would prefer it to be.

   p. 56

4. 

   Knowing that you possess a talent is half the battle in mastering it.

   p. 128

5. 

   “I don’t understand what you mean,” I confessed in a baffled tone. Niamh gave me a long, cool, faintly amused glance.

   “Don’t you? No, I can see that you do not,” she said. And with that she rolled over, her face turned from me, and fell asleep...leaving me staring at the ceiling, completely mystified, pondering the inexplicable perversities of the female mind.

   p. 112

6. 

   What use to covet loot, when even stars must die?

   p. 124

7. 

   Lux forced grief from his mind, thinking grimly of revenge.

   p. 41

8. 

   The past has lost, as it always loses; the future has won, as it always wins.

   p. 155

9. 

   He was reluctantly forced to conclude that his sanity was unshaken.

   p. 27

10. 

    “And how do you feel?” the Prince asked in a smooth voice.

    “Better than you look,” Thane grunted.

    p. 85

11. 

    Chan’s heart knew only greed, but there was within him enough intelligence to wonder before a man who could see all the uselessness of life, and still exult in the possessing of it.

    p. 125

12. 

    Yes, a woman makes a fine weapon in capable hands...slim and supple as a sword blade...and a blade to which no man’s armor is completely proof.

    p. 86