"Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies."

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Source : Jack Vance (2010). “The Complete Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, Madouc”, p.630, Hachette UK

Jack Vance

“And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.”
“To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price”
“Pop Idol, X Factor, Fame Academy, there's so much talent out there. It's great to see people getting the chance to show their potential”
“I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you really want to do something different, don't be afraid to do so. Think of music itself and not the rules or expectations of people.”
“Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue.”
“Like evil, sublimity is also contagious.”
“...when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table...Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was thinking about that man...I started thinking about...if he and his wife and their other child are okay, and I don't know. It just got to me.' 'I know,' I said, because I did know. Sometimes it's safer to cry about people you don't know than to think about people you really love.”
“Routine kills creative thought.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2009). “PopCo”, p.15, Canongate Books

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