Quotes from David Feintuch

You have to give me something, Seafort. Politics is the art of the possible." Father gazed at the Station. "Sir, I can give you nothing. Morality is ... the art of the absolute.

You make trannie yet, joey." I

On long trek after Peetee hung caller, I concluded there was nothin' more I could do but play out game of death. Maybe, somehow, I'd earn us time. Time

Peetee say slow and careful, "I'm not afraid of you." Halber blink. After min, he ask, "Why not?" "I've been terrified all week. It's time to stop." Don

Don't, Jar. There's been enough killing." "It'll never be enough! They murdered Dad!

But by swearing fealty ... you gave me everything." "I saw you need it." My scorn dripped. "This afternoon, by my shame?" "No, my lord. Tonight, by your fear." He sighed. "Now, perhaps, you can allow yourself a friend.

Let's set the place afire.

No, youngsire, the truth. It's a whimsy of mine; at table we speak of each other with candor." "Only at table?" "Isn't that enough? We spend the rest of the day repairing the damage.

Life, I've learned, is not an affair of joy.

If peasants weren't so lazy they could afford proper attire.

Every time we burn a fossil fuel, we're releasing the energy of sunlight stored millions of years ago.

Is she dead?" "No." "A pity.