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> [Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night of it. There is the forgetfulness and the loss of identity. The spirit, even as the body, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/death-is-for-a-long-time-those-of-shallow-thought-say-that-it-is/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

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## More by R. A. Lafferty

> [When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/when-you-have-shot-and-killed-a-man-you-have-in-some-measure/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/the-good-stories-of-course-write-themselves-and-somebody-wants-to/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/true-love-is-that-we-should-hate-whatever-interferes-with-our-vision/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/the-lowest-common-denominator-of-the-universe-is-both-low-and-common/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [An excess of science will leave none of us alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/an-excess-of-science-will-leave-none-of-us-alive/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Strangers may not lodge complaints till they have been in residence here for ninety days," the Cacique said, "and no stranger has ever remained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/strangers-may-not-lodge-complaints-till-they-have-been-in-residence/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/death-is-for-a-long-time-those-of-shallow-thought-say-that-it-is/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/the-law-of-levity-is-allowed-to-supersede-the-law-of-gravity/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [There is a secret society of seven men that controls the finances of the world. This is known to everyone but the details are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/there-is-a-secret-society-of-seven-men-that-controls-the-finances-of/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and howling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/learn-the-true-topography-the-monstrous-and-wonderful-archetypes-are/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [We must kill the Devil afresh every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/we-must-kill-the-devil-afresh-every-day/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Every science is made up entirely of anomalies rearranged to fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/every-science-is-made-up-entirely-of-anomalies-rearranged-to-fit/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/when-we-travel-we-find-how-greatly-our-boyhood-dreams-are-outstripped/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/though-my-short-stories-are-the-more-readable-my-novels-do-have-more/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

> [Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/do-not-be-deceived-by-the-way-men-of-bad-faith-misuse-words-and-names/)

[R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/)

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