💬 Quotes

"To master the craft, you must first accept that you will be misunderstood. The illusion is shared, but the burden of knowing how it works belongs to the magician alone."

"Power is like a volatile spark; left unattended, it reduces everything to ash, but channeled with purpose, it can illuminate the darkest rooms."

"A leader of men must be iron-willed, yet possess the human touch that wins their hearts, lest he command only their fears."

"In the great game of life, as upon the checkered board of Jetan, the humblest pawn may sometimes checkmate the mightiest king."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it, especially when the odds are stacked as high as the towers of Helium."

"Savagery is not a monopoly of the untamed wastes; often, it wears the glittering robes of civilization and hides behind sophisticated laws."

"Love knows no bounds of race, planet, or custom; it speaks a universal language understood alike by the red men of Barsoom and the children of Earth."

"To conquer oneself is a far greater victory than to subdue a city of a million souls."

"Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen."

"Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."

"Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country."

"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things immeasurable."

"History, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools."

"Pessimist, n. One who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."

"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

"The very waters of the beautiful gulf seemed to echo this thing, and all the light on the sea was as if it had passed through stained glass."

"You are the only you-and-me person I've ever known."

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me."

"This is a clean bed," he stipulated. "They're all clean beds," she answered. "It's a clean town. Everything's clean here.""

"The honor of being systematically romanticized by youth had gone over to Abe."