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The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction QUOTES

The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction QUOTES

1 " There is no telling what would happen if I taught her The Word.”
“Not the least. Of course, there’s some werethings that just aren’t much use being. Take a wereant. You change and somebody steps on you and that’s that. Or like a fella, I knew in Madagascar. Taught him the Word and know what? He turned wereiplodicus. Shattered the whole house into pieces when he changed and damned near trampled me under hoof before I could say Absarka! "

― Anthony Boucher , The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

2 " ...ten centuries ago people would have snorted just like that at the idea of a black as Head on this planet. Such narrow stupidity seems fantastic to us now. Our own prejudices will seem just as comical to our great-great-grandchildren. "

― Anthony Boucher , The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

3 " But a werewolf is a man that chages into a wolf. I’ve never done that. Honest I haven’t.”
“A mammal,” Said Ozymandias, “is an animal that bears its young and suckles them. A virgin is nonetheless a mammal. Because you have never changed doesn’t make you less of a werewolf.”
“But a werewolf-“ Suddenly Wolfe’s eyes lit up. “A werewolf is better than a G-man! "

― Anthony Boucher , The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction