Jack Vance Frasi e Citazioni
Jack Vance: Frasi in inglese
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 11, section 3 (p. 538)
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 3, section 1 (p. 718)
“Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.”
Origine: Emphyrio (1969), Chapter 5
Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
“The town’s lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.”
Origine: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 3 (p. 23)
“You have frightened and daunted me. I will stop stealing at once.”
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 3, section 2 (p. 394)
Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 2, "Cil"
"Not in every aspect," said Cugel.
Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm"
Origine: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Killing Machine (1964), Chapter 3 (p. 179)
"The Murthe", chapter 3
Dying Earth (1950-1984), Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
“He must approach the subject critically, alert for contradictions, pedantry and vagueness.”
Origine: To Live Forever (1956), Chapter V, section 2
“I challenge Destiny, yes, but I do not leap off cliffs.”
Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 1, section 2, "The Inn of Blue Lamps"
“His brain ached with the want of knowing.”
Origine: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
“I will say only this: persons who fear nothing are soon dead.”
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Madouc (1989), Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 722)
“What a strange and unfamiliar world if everyone were treated according to his deserts!”
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 25, section 1 (p. 270)
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 5, section 3 (p. 430)
“A single question remained, the age-old cry of anguish: “How could one so beautiful be so base?””
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 1 (p. 434)
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 11, section 1 (p. 103)
“My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance.”
Origine: Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels, The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
Origine: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 10, section 3 (p. 518)
