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“It's so much better to do things neatly and properly, even stupid things.”
― Clouds of Witness
― Clouds of Witness
“It is done, then," Okaios said. "I supposed this was better than the alternative."
The sadness in his voice reminded Mera of an owner who has lost his prize pet. "No," she said. "A better alternative would have been no one dying."
"Then how would they learn?" Okaios asked.”
― The Lesson
The sadness in his voice reminded Mera of an owner who has lost his prize pet. "No," she said. "A better alternative would have been no one dying."
"Then how would they learn?" Okaios asked.”
― The Lesson
“Now, Reverend Father Abbot asked me to make the following announcements:
"First, for the next three days we shall sing the Little Office of Our Lady before Matins, asking her intercession for peace.
"Second, general instructions for civil defense in the event of a space-strike or missile-attack alert are available on the table by the entrance. Everybody take one.”
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
"First, for the next three days we shall sing the Little Office of Our Lady before Matins, asking her intercession for peace.
"Second, general instructions for civil defense in the event of a space-strike or missile-attack alert are available on the table by the entrance. Everybody take one.”
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
“The art of fiction, like the art of stage magicians, is one of directing the audience's attention to what you want them to see.”
― Beginnings, Middles & Ends
― Beginnings, Middles & Ends
“The proclamation had been very clear: All eligible maidens were to attend. All. High or low estate, fat or thin, short or tall, one leg or two. In one week's time, the prince was going to pick a pretty girl from the crowd and make a princess of her. To most women in the kingdom, it was as though God had extended His hand to them.
But not to the seamstresses.
To old Clara Le Dure, it seemed the king had decided this was the week she ought to die. He was personally seeing to it that she should stitch herself into oblivion.”
― The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020
But not to the seamstresses.
To old Clara Le Dure, it seemed the king had decided this was the week she ought to die. He was personally seeing to it that she should stitch herself into oblivion.”
― The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020
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