Sorcery Quotes by H.M. Forester

“It's no use preaching to the choir. The rulebook, evidence, and good, old-fashioned fact-checking – let alone human decency – have been thrown out…

— H.M. Forester

“Now, sorcery rules the world. Of course, most don't call it sorcery; indeed, many would be horrified by such a notion. Instead, they use…

— H.M. Forester

“Smoking is suicide by instalments.”

— H.M. Forester

“A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you…

— H.M. Forester

“An angry man will find himself in an angry world, and a swindler will find himself in a world of thieves whom he dare…

— H.M. Forester

“There was a great joke that was forever doing the rounds in the jail and it was probably funny not because it had a…

— H.M. Forester

“All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know. They came about because…

— H.M. Forester

“Their methods were especially crude and most of these former friends were now born again model citizens; lobotomized; or burnt out shells.”

— H.M. Forester

“The use of drugs is not an effective means of facilitating real escape. It merely gives that erroneous and illusive impression. Well, illusive with…

— H.M. Forester

“These technical impediments [... things like ignorance, impatience, unexamined assumptions, habit ...] get in the way of what would otherwise occur or develop quite…

— H.M. Forester

“The worst of all was to be faced with the interrogation technique of Thirty Seconds. The interrogator would say something and you had to…

— H.M. Forester

“When it came to dealing with feral dissidents, there was only one unwritten law that superseded all others: "An' it secure a conviction, do…

— H.M. Forester