“He smelled the smells of commerce and listened to the cursing of the sailors, both of which he admired: the former, as it reeked of wealth, and the latter because it combined his two other chief preoccupations, these being theology and anatomy.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
“We fought.'
'A duel?'
'Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it.”
― The Guns of Avalon
'A duel?'
'Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it.”
― The Guns of Avalon
“The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.”
― The Dream Master
― The Dream Master
“His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
“An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition across a period of many years if he is to have a chance of succeeding.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
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