Quotes from Dave Duncan

Il est plus facile de se faire des ennemis que des amis, mais ces derniers sont plus utiles. Le

Friends are harder to make than enemies, but they are more useful.

Faith was praiseworthy, but should be seasoned with intelligence.

belief begins with the wish

He was so diplomatic he hardly spoke at all...

What was wrong with darkness? In the darkness of the Earth the Mother caused seeds to sprout. In the darkness of the womb a baby was conceived. In the darkness of the graves her Children returned to her.

A sheep in wolf's clothing should not bleat within the pack.

I never tell you lies, imp. But sometimes I don't tell everybody all the truth.

We were not mad youngsters, but love is not confined to the young. Indeed, true love is a phenomenon of middle age, for only then can one be sure that what one feels is not all lust. Passion is a product of love, not its source. Why do the young never see this?

People believe what they want to believe, lad. It's very hard to believe in anything that will make you unhappy.

His Majesty doesn't even visit the privy except on the advice of the Privy Council.

No, she who rides the tiger can never dismount!

Voilet had told me about wives. In cultures where marriage was practiced, he had said, a woman was allowed to choose the man who would own her, or at least she might protest if she did not approve of her father's choice. Usually but not always, a man was limited to owning one wife and therefore might display jealousy.

Youth departs: There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain, But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again.   Stoddart, And It Never Comes Again

wars are like love affairs—easy to start, hard to end, and outrageously expensive.

No reason. Because it's always been done that way. That's the standard explanation for anything.

Strange how what one saw depended on how one looked.

He was their leader, and a leader must never admit to doubts.

And as for recreation, variety was a large part of it. Why sing the same song every night when there were so many beautiful melodies around to try? Of

The learned Paracelsus wrote that anything is poisonous in sufficient dosage.

People value happiness by what it costs.

L'écriture permettait d'accumuler les connaissances

Après l'âge des légendes vient l'âge des ténèbres. Comme un fÅ"tus qui évolue. Puis vient l'âge de la sagesse – bien que certains mondes ne parviennent jamais à sortir de l'âge des ténèbres.

tous les mondes ne suivent pas le même chemin, mais l'apparition du langage précède toujours l'âge des légendes. L'apparition de l'écriture marque sa fin. Wallie