Chasing the Phoenix Quotes

“So that, logically, in the brief time allotted to us, we should be as kind to one another as is humanly possible and face the harsh facts of reality without fear or flinching.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“Art should be beautiful, not ugly. It should be uplifting and redemptive. Art reassures us that life is good and that, however bad things may look at the moment, everything works out for the best in the end.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“The Spider Hero lived his life by this maxim: He who possesses great power is burdened also with great responsibility. —”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“Everybody needs a servant, excellent sir, whether they know it or not.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“Lucky for you, you don’t need to worry about love at all. Because you have a wife.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“I forget if it was the Mathematician of Alexandria who said that geometry is beauty laid bare or the Father of Relativity who made the claim for physics,” Darger said. “She is, in either case, ravishing.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“A few words before we attack,” Surplus said. “I know that I can trust you all to be terrifying...”
“Yasss!” his mountain horse said.
“Be quiet, Buttercup. However, please remember to only knock down things that are not difficult to repair – porches are fine; pottery is not.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“The best thing to be in a city was anonymous. Failing that, however, notoriety would do.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix

“It almost sounds sensible when you say it," Prince First-Born Splendor said. "Even though I know better.”
― Michael Swanwick, Chasing the Phoenix