We prostrate ourselves before the fish-god Yob, who seems as efficacious as any.
Jack VanceCease the bickering! I am indulging the exotic whims of a beautiful princess and must not be distracted.
Jack VanceIt is an unthinkable discrepancy that fifty-four men should consume the food intended for fifty-three.
Jack VanceTwango's hospitality, though largely symbolic, does him credit.
Jack VanceStichwörter: humor fantasy science-fiction
I suffer from a spiritual malaise which manifests itself in outbursts of vicious rage.
Jack VanceI become drunk as circumstances dictate.
Jack VanceMy talismans are not obviously useless.
Jack VanceThere had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was an entity more persistent.
Jack VanceStichwörter: pain pleasure pride humiliation
The banquet proceeded. The first course, a mince of olives, shrimp and onions baked in oyster shells with cheese and parsley was followed by a soup of tunny, cockles and winkles simmered in white wine with leeks and dill. Then, in order, came a service of broiled quail stuffed with morels, served on slices of good white bread, with side dishes of green peas; artichokes cooked in wine and butter, with a salad of garden greens; then tripes and sausages with pickled cabbage; then a noble saddle of venison glazed with cherry sauce and served with barley first simmered in broth, then fried with garlic and sage; then honey-cakes, nuts and oranges; and all the while the goblets flowed full with noble Voluspa and San Sue from Watershade, along with the tart green muscat wine of Dascinet.
Jack VanceConversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable.
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