The Jack Vance Treasury Quotes

“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Jack Vance, The Jack Vance Treasury

“An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of afterthought—”
― Jack Vance, The Jack Vance Treasury

“The old Galactic Prime sat silent, mouth compressed, eyes burning like far volcanoes. At his feet the new Prime, Lord of Two Billion Suns, found a dead leaf, put it into his mouth, and began to chew.   Afterword”
― Jack Vance, The Jack Vance Treasury

“The archveult Xexamedes, digging gentian roots in Were Wood, became warm with exertion. He doffed his cloak and returned to work, but the glint of blue scales was noticed by Herark the Harbinger and the diabolist Shrue. Approaching by stealth they leapt forth to confront the creature. Then, flinging a pair of nooses about the supple neck, they held him where he could do no mischief.”
― Jack Vance, The Jack Vance Treasury