"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible."

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Jack Vance

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.”
“Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.”
“Perception is reality.”
“I'll do a deal with you McFarlane," he said. "You can exist. And you can even have coffee. But if you raise your voice or make any sudden movements, I shall die. And that'll show you." Seb shrugged in return, hiding how pleased he was pretty badly. "Fair enough.”
“It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.”
“It is the intelligent and highly educated that agonize over their limitations.”
“They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.”
“However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story.”

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