“Truth destroys the worst in man; pleasure destroys the best. If you love truth more than happiness, then open; otherwise, let rest.”… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“The sensation of a baseball bat to the face was not any more pleasant when it came from an unexpected direction, without warning.” — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Truth destroys the worst in man; pleasure destroys the best. If you love truth more than happiness, then open; otherwise, let rest.” His” — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations. But good or no,… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“You were burning in the middle of the worst solar storm our records can remember. (...) Everyone else fled. All your companions and crew… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“All medieval and classic cultures of the ancient world, including those on which Tolkien modeled his elves, routinely exposed their young and marriageable women… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“On THE AMBER SPYGLASS: "If this plotline was a motorist, it would have been arrested for driving while intoxicated, if it had not perished… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“She said, “Look me right in the eye, and tell me you don’t love me, and I’ll go.” He stared at her. “Miss, I… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Of the seven Archons that had combined to form the Milky Way mind, Orion had been the Archon whose verve and remorseless drive inspired… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Euryphaean, and the music of an instrument called a pianoforte, infinite resistance coil and the sanity glass, and all the inventions that sprang from” — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Dr. Henry Templeton got the drop on me after I killed his grandfather before he was born. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to stop the… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
