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# Gene Wolfe

(1931–2019)   Writer   United States

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Gene Wolfe was a writer from the United States, best known for *The Fifth Head Of Cerberus*.

## Quick Facts About Gene Wolfe

Born May 7, 1931

Died April 14, 2019

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works The Fifth Head Of Cerberus

Known for The Book of the New Sun

## About Gene Wolfe

He was a prolific short‑story writer and novelist who won many literary awards and was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

## Awards & Honors

Nebula Award for Best Novel Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Prix Tour-Apollo Award World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award Edward E. Smith Memorial Award John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Nebula Award for Best Novella

Show 10 more awards Rhysling Award Premio Gigamesh World Fantasy Award for Best Collection World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement August Derleth Award BSFA Award for Best Novel Locus Award for Best Novella Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Locus Award for Best Collection Q130744609

##  Quotes by Gene Wolfe · Page 2

> [People don't want other people to be people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/people-don-t-want-other-people-to-be-people/)

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> [You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/you-never-learn-how-to-write-a-novel-you-just-learn-how-to-write-the/)

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> [ ...in some situations winning consist\[s\] of disentangling oneself. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/in-some-situations-winning-consist-s-of-disentangling-oneself/)

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[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

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> [Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/religion-and-science-have-always-been-matters-of-faith-in-something/)

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> [“The best offense is a good defense, but a bad defense is offensive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/the-best-offense-is-a-good-defense-but-a-bad-defense-is-offensive/)

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[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

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> [That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/that-we-are-capable-only-of-being-what-we-are-remains-our/)

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[Capable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capable/)

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> [“We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-are-like-children-who-look-at-print-and-see-a-serpent-in-the-last/)

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> [All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/all-novels-are-fantasies-some-are-more-honest-about-it/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“Honesty, integrity, and intelligence cannot be kept down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/honesty-integrity-and-intelligence-cannot-be-kept-down/)

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> [A youthful American voice isn't particularly challenging - I've been a young American, and they're all around me. I can walk from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/a-youthful-american-voice-isn-t-particularly-challenging-i-ve-been-a/)

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[High school](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/high-school/)

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> [Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/some-writers-say-they-cannot-write-in-front-of-a-window-many-say-they/)

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[Almost perfect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/almost-perfect/)

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> [I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-read-only-the-first-harry-potter-book-i-thought-it-excellent/)

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> [“It seems to me that you can almost define civilization by saying it's people who are not willing to hurt other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/it-seems-to-me-that-you-can-almost-define-civilization-by-saying-it-s/)

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[Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/)

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> [We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-have-treatments-for-disturbed-persons-nicholas-but-at-least-for/)

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> [“Each of us finds his way, his place; we rattle around the universe until everything fits; this is life; this is science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/each-of-us-finds-his-way-his-place-we-rattle-around-the-universe/)

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> [Men to whom wine had brought death long before lay by springs of wine and drank still, too stupefied to know their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/men-to-whom-wine-had-brought-death-long-before-lay-by-springs-of-wine/)

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> [“You think whatever is wrong with you is contagious, then?' She laughed again. 'Yes, but you have it already. You caught it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/you-think-whatever-is-wrong-with-you-is-contagious-then-she-laughed/)

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> [“But I believe there is no difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/but-i-believe-there-is-no-difference-between-those-who-are-called/)

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> [“But I was awake, sitting by the window looking down at the trailer and Mr. Zoltan's truck. I could not sleep. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/but-i-was-awake-sitting-by-the-window-looking-down-at-the-trailer-and/)

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> [“For after all, if the lives of most men are examined in detail, it will be found that they have been experts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/for-after-all-if-the-lives-of-most-men-are-examined-in-detail-it-will/)

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> [“As I stared into the fire, it seemed more possible than I would have liked to believe that someday, perhaps after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/as-i-stared-into-the-fire-it-seemed-more-possible-than-i-would-have/)

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> [“The brown book I carry says there is nothing stranger than to explore a city wholly different from all those one knows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/the-brown-book-i-carry-says-there-is-nothing-stranger-than-to-explore/)

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> [“Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/certain-mystes-aver-that-the-real-world-has-been-constructed-by-the/)

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> [“For those who have never attended a science fiction convention, masquerades are features of most of the larger ones. Awards are presented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/for-those-who-have-never-attended-a-science-fiction-convention/)

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> [Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/certain-mystes-aver-that-the-real-world-has-been-constructed-by-the-2/)

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> [“I have never had much need for companionship, unless it was the companionship of someone I could call a friend. Certainly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-never-had-much-need-for-companionship-unless-it-was-the/)

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> [“Sometimes driven aground by the photon storms, by the swirling of the galaxies, clockwise and counterclockwise, ticking with light down the dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/sometimes-driven-aground-by-the-photon-storms-by-the-swirling-of-the/)

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> [“I was sitting there, as I said, and had been for several watches, when I came to me that I was reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-was-sitting-there-as-i-said-and-had-been-for-several-watches-when-i/)

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> [“And it came to me that these trees had been hardly smaller when I was yet unborn, and had stood as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/and-it-came-to-me-that-these-trees-had-been-hardly-smaller-when-i-was/)

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> [“No intellect is needed to see those figures who wait beyond the void of death – every child is aware of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/no-intellect-is-needed-to-see-those-figures-who-wait-beyond-the-void/)

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> [“Just when I despaired -- she was there, filling me as a melody fills a cottage. I was with her, running beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/just-when-i-despaired-she-was-there-filling-me-as-a-melody-fills-a/)

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> [“We talk of strong personalities, and they are strong, until the not-every-day when we see them as we might see one woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-talk-of-strong-personalities-and-they-are-strong-until-the-not/)

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> [“I believe there is no other difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-believe-there-is-no-other-difference-between-those-who-are-called/)

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> [Men are said to desire women, Severian. Why do they despise the women they obtain?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/men-are-said-to-desire-women-severian-why-do-they-despise-the-women/)

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> [Have a short story feature two situations, and then let them solve each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/have-a-short-story-feature-two-situations-and-then-let-them-solve/)

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> [Before you ask more questions, think about whether you really want to know the answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/before-you-ask-more-questions-think-about-whether-you-really-want-to/)

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> [There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/there-is-no-magic-there-is-only-knowledge-more-or-less-hidden/)

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> [“It was in this instant of confusion that I realized for the first time that I am in some degree insane.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/it-was-in-this-instant-of-confusion-that-i-realized-for-the-first/)

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> [“I felt that pressure of time that is perhaps the surest indication we have left childhood behind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-felt-that-pressure-of-time-that-is-perhaps-the-surest-indication-we/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [“There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.’ Hildegrin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/there-is-no-magic-there-is-only-knowledge-more-or-less-hidden-2/)

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