Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.
Jack VanceOne becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that one often breaks another's bones in one's vexation.
Jack VanceI understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.
Jack VanceTags: humor fantasy vocabulary
Good music always defeats bad luck.
Jack VanceWhat are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.
Jack VanceNotice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.
Jack VanceTags: jack-vance lodermulch the-eyes-of-the-overworld
The symbologist made a cryptic sign. "That remains to be seen, as the cat said who voided into the sugar bowl.
Jack VanceTags: humor naked-lunch what-lies-beneath
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 VanceTags: prison innovation jail
When the ships had lifted, they returned across the river to the silence of death. Then his grandfather told him, "Many fine things your father had planned for you: learning and useful work and a life of satisfaction and peace. Do you recall this?"
"Yes, Grandfather."
"The learning you shall have. You will learn patience and resource, the ability of your hands and your mind. You will have useful work: the destruction of evil men. What work could be more useful? This is Beyond; you will find that your work is never done—so therefore you may never know life of peace. However, I guarantee you ample satisfaction, for I will teach you to crave the blood of these men more than the flesh of woman."
The old man had been as good as his word.
Tags: revenge vengeance the-star-king
Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.
Jack VanceTags: navarre the-palace-of-love
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