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> [“Sanity was the gap between perception and desire, and that gap had closed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/sanity-was-the-gap-between-perception-and-desire-and-that-gap-had/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

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## More by Max Gladstone

> [“I’ve gone from manager to knight in two days. I think I deserve a bump in salary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/i-ve-gone-from-manager-to-knight-in-two-days-i-think-i-deserve-a-bump/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“We no longer empathize with the victim, lie with him on the slab. We forget, and believe forgetfulness is humane. We fool ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/we-no-longer-empathize-with-the-victim-lie-with-him-on-the-slab-we/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“The trouble with atheism," Temoc said, "is that it offers a limited range of curses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/the-trouble-with-atheism-temoc-said-is-that-it-offers-a-limited-range/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“Shame I’m all out of virgins and aurochs. What the hell’s the plural of ‘aurochs’ anyway?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/shame-i-m-all-out-of-virgins-and-aurochs-what-the-hell-s-the-plural/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“That wasn’t being a kid, not the way the mainlander birthday cards meant, and after you’d been that you could never be a kid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/that-wasn-t-being-a-kid-not-the-way-the-mainlander-birthday-cards/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“You can win the world, she said, if you’re willing to lose your soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/you-can-win-the-world-she-said-if-you-re-willing-to-lose-your-soul/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“The two left wheels of Tara and Abelard’s carriage lurched off the ground as the driver swung them into the narrow gap between a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/the-two-left-wheels-of-tara-and-abelard-s-carriage-lurched-off-the/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“Simple accident: a zombie-crewed containership from Southern Kath wrecked in a storm. The containership had been hired to transport a horror from beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/simple-accident-a-zombie-crewed-containership-from-southern-kath/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“It’s art. If you’re looking at it, it’s working.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/it-s-art-if-you-re-looking-at-it-it-s-working/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“And pretty is not even the right word. She burns. She's a verb.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/and-pretty-is-not-even-the-right-word-she-burns-she-s-a-verb/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“What if you could peel a pearl? Take a fine knife and a magnifying glass and strip the layers of glint and glimmer year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/what-if-you-could-peel-a-pearl-take-a-fine-knife-and-a-magnifying/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“Everyone likes to be needed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/everyone-likes-to-be-needed/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“You can find soulblades aplenty at your local murder hobo supply store;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/you-can-find-soulblades-aplenty-at-your-local-murder-hobo-supply-store/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“Sanity was the gap between perception and desire, and that gap had closed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/sanity-was-the-gap-between-perception-and-desire-and-that-gap-had/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

> [“There are many worlds, and one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-gladstone/there-are-many-worlds-and-one/)

[Max Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-gladstone/)

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