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> [First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/first-people-don-t-read-novels-off-screens-and-they-don-t-have-a/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

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## More by Jack L. Chalker

> [“It’s easy to rattle the saber if the enemy’s five thousand or more kilometers distant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/it-s-easy-to-rattle-the-saber-if-the-enemy-s-five-thousand-or-more/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“the true test of awesome power is the ability not to use it,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/the-true-test-of-awesome-power-is-the-ability-not-to-use-it/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“Nothing has taken more money or killed more people in the history of your race than religion,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/nothing-has-taken-more-money-or-killed-more-people-in-the-history-of/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“Magic,” Core responded, “is anything observable and perhaps repeatable that cannot be explained in terms of any existing knowledge on the part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/magic-core-responded-is-anything-observable-and-perhaps-repeatable/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“It makes absolutely no difference in the scheme of things whether all but a handful of people live or die. No more than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/it-makes-absolutely-no-difference-in-the-scheme-of-things-whether-all/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/i-do-not-read-sf-as-much-as-i-used-to-it-s-too-much-like-a-busman-s/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“What was love, anyway? he mused. She said it was caring, caring more about someone else than about yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/what-was-love-anyway-he-mused-she-said-it-was-caring-caring-more/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/no-i-don-t-autograph-blank-slips-checks-or-stickers-and-certainly-no/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“Love is the most abused word in history. It is, simply, caring more for others than you do for yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/love-is-the-most-abused-word-in-history-it-is-simply-caring-more-for/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [I write novels and other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/i-write-novels-and-other-things/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“There are only three kinds of people in the universe, no matter what their race or form. They are scoundrels, hypocrites, and sheep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/there-are-only-three-kinds-of-people-in-the-universe-no-matter-what/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/first-people-don-t-read-novels-off-screens-and-they-don-t-have-a/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“Power without the wisdom to use it properly was a very good definition of evil,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/power-without-the-wisdom-to-use-it-properly-was-a-very-good/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“there was supposed to be this man who was Jewish and claimed to be God’s son. For this the powers-that-be killed him, because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/there-was-supposed-to-be-this-man-who-was-jewish-and-claimed-to-be/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

> [“Patience is a virtue best left to the dead, who can afford it,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-l-chalker/patience-is-a-virtue-best-left-to-the-dead-who-can-afford-it/)

[Jack L. Chalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-l-chalker/)

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