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It's a pity you are a torturer," Ultan said. "You might have been a philosopher. — Gene Wolfe

In some situations winning consist[s] of disentangling oneself. — Gene Wolfe

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment. — Gene Wolfe

All beds became deathbeds at last. — Gene Wolfe

Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you wish, but you should always have a destination. — Gene Wolfe

Reason shows reason can only bring pain - how wise to forget and be happy again! — Gene Wolfe

Something like that." "You — Gene Wolfe

What a many-sided thing is the telling of any tale. — Gene Wolfe

Have a short story feature two situations, and then let them solve each other. — Gene Wolfe

All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it. — Gene Wolfe

I was young, so that I desired high things only. — Gene Wolfe

Though trodden beneath the shepherd's heel, the wild hyacinth blooms on the ground. — Gene Wolfe

Hope is a psychological mechanism unaffected by external realities. — Gene Wolfe

The chief thing is to begin, after all - after which the chief thing is to finish. — Gene Wolfe

That's something I didn't understand until recently: you don't get that degree; it gets you. — Gene Wolfe

There comes a time when a sorcerer must triumph on his own or die. — Gene Wolfe

The best offense is a good defense, but a bad defense is offensive. — Gene Wolfe

There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden. — Gene Wolfe

Powerful is the charm of words, which for us reduces to manageable entities all the passions that would otherwise madden and destroy us. — Gene Wolfe

We call for night to hide our acts, But Night, a god, gives God the facts. — Gene Wolfe

There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity. — Gene Wolfe

I take his gold. I'm hated for that by men who would grovel for it, were it offered to them. Myt-ser — Gene Wolfe

We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons. — Gene Wolfe

I have seldom found a lot to love about my fellow human beings, even when I liked them; — Gene Wolfe

One of the easiest ways to dominate a man is to demand something he cannot supply. — Gene Wolfe

Magic," Martha whispered breathlessly, "is diplomacy. It isn't just saying the words. It's who says them, how he says them, and when he says them. — Gene Wolfe

I was miserable before I knew I was no longer happy — Gene Wolfe

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard. — Gene Wolfe

As I drew breath, I heard bone snap - a horrible sound, but a joyful one because the bone was not mine. — Gene Wolfe

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to. Flight. — Gene Wolfe

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real. — Gene Wolfe

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does. — Gene Wolfe