The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works Quotes

“I ask you now, is any little thing like being damned eternally a satisfactory excuse for behaving like a complete rat?”
― Fritz Leiber, The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works

“If guilt's a luxury, then I'm a plutocrat.”
― Fritz Leiber, The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works

“That is the trouble with a clear mind. For a little while you see things as they really are and you can accurately predict how they're going to shape the future ... and then suddenly you realize you've predicted yourself a week or a month into the future and you can't live the intervening time any more because you've already imagined it in detail.”
― Fritz Leiber, The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works