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The Sorcerer's House QUOTES

The Sorcerer's House QUOTES

1 " I have told myself over and over that I must get out of this house, that I have stumbled upon a place where dreams walk by daylight and that those dreams may destroy me. But there’s the money, and I have been so poor for so long. There is a terrible fascination, too. I am a scholar or I am nothing, Millie. I knew an elderly Jewish scholar at the University of Chicago, a Dr. Kopecky. He was robbed on the street, and surrendered his wallet and his watch without a struggle; but when the gang of juveniles who had surrounded him tried to take his bag, containing one old book and his notes, he fought them all. Perhaps you understand. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House

2 " I am filthy. So is Doris, but we’ll bathe and change clothes and be clean. Your filth is within you. If it were gone, you’d collapse. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House

3 " His eyes say quite plainly that he once trusted someone, that he has been repenting it for longer than you or I have been alive, and that he will never take the chance again. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House

4 " Magic,” Martha whispered breathlessly, “is diplomacy. It isn’t just saying the words. It’s who says them, how he says them, and when he says them. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House

5 " Urban Trelawny is a bony man of fifty and more, with side whiskers. His eyes say quite plainly that he once trusted someone, that he has been repenting it for longer than you or I have been alive, and that he will never take the chance again. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House

6 " There comes a time when a sorcerer must triumph on his own or die. "

― Gene Wolfe , The Sorcerer's House