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Barry Hughart quotes: 'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

Barry Hughart quotes: The mind is a miser," he said. "Nothing is ever thrown away, and it's amazing what you can find if you dig deep enough.

The mind is a miser," he said. "Nothing is ever thrown away, and it's amazing what you can find if you dig deep enough.

Barry Hughart quotes: ...Men cannot come any closer to immortality without going insane.

...Men cannot come any closer to immortality without going insane.

Barry Hughart quotes: Mystery and terror are the bulwarks of tyranny.

Mystery and terror are the bulwarks of tyranny.

Barry Hughart quotes: Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

Barry Hughart quotes: Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Barry Hughart quotes: The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.

The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.

Barry Hughart quotes: Occasionally a moderately intelligent thought misses a turn and accidentally enters my mind

Occasionally a moderately intelligent thought misses a turn and accidentally enters my mind

Barry Hughart quotes: Everybody knows that the soul of a cat is formed from the composite souls of nine debauched nuns who failed in their vows.

Everybody knows that the soul of a cat is formed from the composite souls of nine debauched nuns who failed in their vows.

Barry Hughart quotes: To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned.

To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned.

Barry Hughart quotes: The problem with poetic justice is that it never knows when to stop.

The problem with poetic justice is that it never knows when to stop.

Barry Hughart quotes: Miser Shen is preparing to spend the night with a goat.

Miser Shen is preparing to spend the night with a goat.

Barry Hughart quotes: Boy, just look at the soul shining through my eyes! It's like a goddamned flower!

Boy, just look at the soul shining through my eyes! It's like a goddamned flower!

Barry Hughart quotes: Ox, what occupation is most closely linked to insanity?''Emperor,' I said promptly.

Ox, what occupation is most closely linked to insanity?'
'Emperor,' I said promptly.

Barry Hughart quotes: Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Barry Hughart quotes: Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

Barry Hughart quotes: It was quite a shock for me to discover that crime was so easy that it was boring. I reluctantly turned to scholarship.

It was quite a shock for me to discover that crime was so easy that it was boring. I reluctantly turned to scholarship.

Barry Hughart quotes: Nothing on the face of this earth - and I do mean nothing - is half so dangerous as a children's story that happens to be real...

Nothing on the face of this earth - and I do mean nothing - is half so dangerous as a children's story that happens to be real...

Barry Hughart quotes: Immortality is a meaningless word unless invulnerability goes with it.

Immortality is a meaningless word unless invulnerability goes with it.