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> [“His desktop was a sheet of black opal with neither paper nor a data console to mar its polished perfection. A small printer perched on the outer edge, as if contemplating suicide in remorse at intruding on so august a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/his-desktop-was-a-sheet-of-black-opal-with-neither-paper-nor-a-data/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

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## More by David Drake

> [“The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its essence, but that it was there .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/the-most-important-thing-of-all-was-not-the-poverty-of-its-essence/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“Her sanity was perhaps an unwarranted assumption.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/her-sanity-was-perhaps-an-unwarranted-assumption/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“the bathroom. "Really, Mr. Colville,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/the-bathroom-really-mr-colville/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“You take more flies with honey than vinegar, Hogg.” Hogg snorted. “And what’s a fly’s pelt worth, young master?” he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/you-take-more-flies-with-honey-than-vinegar-hogg-hogg-snorted-and/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/the-use-of-force-is-always-an-answer-to-problems-whether-or-not-it-s/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“His desktop was a sheet of black opal with neither paper nor a data console to mar its polished perfection. A small printer perched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/his-desktop-was-a-sheet-of-black-opal-with-neither-paper-nor-a-data/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“First initiative, then life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/first-initiative-then-life/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [The use of force is always an answer to problems. Force isn't an attractive answer, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/the-use-of-force-is-always-an-answer-to-problems-force-isn-t-an/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [“She owned the road as an elephant owns the veldt and like a big blue elephant moved with massive grace and dignity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/she-owned-the-road-as-an-elephant-owns-the-veldt-and-like-a-big-blue/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [ The use of force is always an answer to problems...\[It\] isn't an attractive answer, though. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/the-use-of-force-is-always-an-answer-to-problems-it-isn-t-an/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [Nothing’s boring if it’s in your soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/nothing-s-boring-if-it-s-in-your-soul/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

> [History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-drake/history-was-a-series-of-decisions-about-what-to-tell-and-a-series-of/)

[David Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-drake/)

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