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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 3

> [You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/you-seem-to-think-that-the-only-genuine-existence-evil-can-have-is/)

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[Conscious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscious/)

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> [Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/science-has-so-accustomed-us-to-devising-and-accepting-theories-to/)

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[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

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> [You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/you-do-not-characterize-by-telling-the-reader-about-the-character-you/)

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[Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/)

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> [“all time exists.that is the truth beyond the legends the epopts tell. if the future did not exist now, how could we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/all-time-exists-that-is-the-truth-beyond-the-legends-the-epopts-tell/)

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[Exist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exist/)

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> [“You believe me wise because I taught you once, but I have not been north, as you have. You have seen (what)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/you-believe-me-wise-because-i-taught-you-once-but-i-have-not-been/)

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[Knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/)

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> [“My rule is never save bits. They get in the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/my-rule-is-never-save-bits-they-get-in-the-way-and-you-don-t-think-of/)

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[Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/)

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> [All time exists. That is the truth… If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/all-time-exists-that-is-the-truth-if-the-future-did-not-exist-now-how/)

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[All time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-time/)

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> [We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-believe-that-we-invent-symbols-the-truth-is-that-they-invent-us-we-2/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [When a client is driven to the utmost extremity, it is warmth and food and ease from pain he wants. Peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/when-a-client-is-driven-to-the-utmost-extremity-it-is-warmth-and-food/)

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[Charity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charity/)

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> [“I have said that I cannot explain my desire for her, and it is true. I loved her with a love thirsty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-said-that-i-cannot-explain-my-desire-for-her-and-it-is-true-i/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/that-was-when-i-found-out-that-the-best-way-in-the-world-to-make/)

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[Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/)

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> [“We are the only government upon whose word every man may rely absolutely, and because of that we command infinite credit, infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-are-the-only-government-upon-whose-word-every-man-may-rely/)

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[Every man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-man/)

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> [“Find girl?” He had lost his desire to talk, but the intensity of his emotions drove the words forth. “What did he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/find-girl-he-had-lost-his-desire-to-talk-but-the-intensity-of-his/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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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-2/)

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> [“We say, “I will,” and “I will not,” and imagine ourselves (though we obey the orders of some prosaic person every day)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-say-i-will-and-i-will-not-and-imagine-ourselves-though-we-obey-the/)

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[Every day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-day/)

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> [We only have one dog now. Calamity Jane had to be put down. She was very old, and her medicine no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-only-have-one-dog-now-calamity-jane-had-to-be-put-down-she-was/)

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[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [“There are beings—and artifacts—against which we batter our intelligence raw, and in the end make peace with reality only by saying, “It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/there-are-beings-and-artifacts-against-which-we-batter-our/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“I turned my head to look at the Ascian. It was clear that he had been listening attentively, but I could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-turned-my-head-to-look-at-the-ascian-it-was-clear-that-he-had-been/)

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[Another opportunity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-opportunity/)

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> [ “\[T\]he very existence of such powers argues a counterforce. We call powers of the first kind dark, though they may use a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/t-he-very-existence-of-such-powers-argues-a-counterforce-we-call/)

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[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

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> [“... I believe in some sense much akin to the belief of faith, that I noticed, felt, or underwent what I describe—but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-believe-in-some-sense-much-akin-to-the-belief-of-faith-that-i/)

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

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> [“I have no way of knowing whether you, who eventually will read this record, like stories or not. If you do not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-no-way-of-knowing-whether-you-who-eventually-will-read-this/)

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> [“Seeing him brought in, has, I think, saved me from losing my mind; for that I do not thank him-sanity, after all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/seeing-him-brought-in-has-i-think-saved-me-from-losing-my-mind-for/)

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[Losing my mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/losing-my-mind/)

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> [“What struck me on the beach–and it struck me indeed, so that I staggered as at a blow–was that if the Eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/what-struck-me-on-the-beach-and-it-struck-me-indeed-so-that-i/)

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[Thorns Sacred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thorns-sacred-5559538/)

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> [“I have noticed that in books this sort of stalemate never seems to occur; the authors are so anxious to move their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-noticed-that-in-books-this-sort-of-stalemate-never-seems-to/)

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

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> [“Time itself is a thing, so it seems to me, that stands solidly like a fence of iron palings with its endless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/time-itself-is-a-thing-so-it-seems-to-me-that-stands-solidly-like-a/)

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[Mortality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mortality/)

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> [Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/year-followed-struggling-year-for-me-and-all-that-time-i-read-i/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“We talked of love, and all we said would fill a book thicker than this. Yet all we said was only this:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/we-talked-of-love-and-all-we-said-would-fill-a-book-thicker-than-this/)

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

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> [Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you wish, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/do-not-start-a-story-unless-you-have-an-ending-in-mind-you-can-change/)

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[Destination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destination/)

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> [So powerful is the charm of words, which for us reduces to manageable entities all the passions that would otherwise madden and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/so-powerful-is-the-charm-of-words-which-for-us-reduces-to-manageable/)

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[Charm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charm/)

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> [I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-was-trapped-in-admiration-for-what-i-had-once-admired-as-a-fly-in/)

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[Admiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiration/)

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> [There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/there-is-no-limit-to-stupidity-space-itself-is-said-to-be-bounded-by/)

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[Ignorance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ignorance/)

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> [Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/ambiguity-is-necessary-in-some-of-my-stories-not-in-all-in-those-it/)

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[Ambiguity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambiguity/)

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> [A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/a-child-not-knowing-what-is-extraordinary-and-what-is-commonplace/)

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[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

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> [There's a certain kind of lonely man who rejects love, because he believes that anyone who offers it wouldn't be a lover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/there-s-a-certain-kind-of-lonely-man-who-rejects-love-because-he/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“Rain symbolizes mercy and sunlight charity, but rain and sunlight are better than mercy and charity. Otherwise they would degrade the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/rain-symbolizes-mercy-and-sunlight-charity-but-rain-and-sunlight-are/)

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[Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/)

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> [“He shook his head. "Everyone fears me, except you, Latro. When a man is respected, no one wants to plant a dagger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/he-shook-his-head-everyone-fears-me-except-you-latro-when-a-man-is/)

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[Feared](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feared/)

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> [I don't think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways; and it seems to me that God does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-don-t-think-anyone-is-more-intrinsically-holy-people-experience-god/)

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[Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/)

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> [“It is well, I think, for us to learn to tell evil from good; but it has its price, as everything does.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/it-is-well-i-think-for-us-to-learn-to-tell-evil-from-good-but-it-has/)

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[Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/)

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> [My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/my-definition-of-good-literature-is-that-which-can-be-read-by-an/)

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

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> [“Dorcas belonged, as I now realize, to that vast group of women (which may, indeed, include all women) who betray us—and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/dorcas-belonged-as-i-now-realize-to-that-vast-group-of-women-which/)

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[Betray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betray/)

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