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“But not all its avenues were paved with marble nor all its denizens dwellers in palaces. Men and women of a dozen races huddled…

— Dave Duncan

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

— Dave Duncan

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

— Dave Duncan

“The people learned that they could grumble without being disloyal, because the ministers were not beloved kings above reproach, but only rather stupid people…

— Dave Duncan

“In my experience, luck is more output than input,”

— Dave Duncan

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

— Dave Duncan

“The world once had real problems with heretics splitting the Church and infidels at the gates of Vienna. What real benefit was the discovery…

— Dave Duncan

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

— Dave Duncan

“Now he seemed to be stranded for the rest of his life on a world unknown, more exotic than anywhere Haggard ever Rode or…

— Dave Duncan

“No, she who rides the tiger can never dismount!”

— Dave Duncan

“We were not mad youngsters, but love is not confined to the young. Indeed, true love is a phenomenon of middle age, for only…

— Dave Duncan

“Revenge was violence and therefore forbidden by the Teacher - excepting violence against unbelievers, of course, which this probably would be.”

— Dave Duncan

“Preparing for war, as was well known in other lands but perhaps not then in that one, is usually a self-fulfilling precaution.”

— Dave Duncan

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

— Dave Duncan

“What was wrong with darkness? In the darkness of the Earth the Mother caused seeds to sprout. In the darkness of the womb a…

— Dave Duncan