Nathan

“It is an unthinkable discrepancy that fifty-four men should consume the food intended for fifty-three.”
― Jack Vance

“The Brinktown jail is one of the most ingenious ever propounded by civic authorities. It must be remembered that Brinktown occupies the surface of a volcanic butte, overlooking a trackless jungle of quagmire, thorn, eel-vine skiver tussock. A single road leads from city down to jungle; the prisoner is merely locked out of the city. Escape is at his option; he may flee as far through the jungle as he sees fit: the entire continent is at his disposal. But no prisoner ever ventures far from the gate; and, when his presence is required, it is only necessary to unlock the gate and call his name.”
― Jack Vance, The Star King

“All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.”
― Gene Wolfe

“Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.”
― Jack Vance, The Demon Princes, Volume One: The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love