"When a gift is deserved, it is not…" — Gene Wolfe

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48 Quotes by Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that…
There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity…
You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.
I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with…
I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all.…
The same authorities who insist upon beginnings, middles, and ends, declare that Great Literature (by which they mean the stories…
You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking…
Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you…
God is the nest we build together.
Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet.…
My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army…

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My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose… — Jo Brand
Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have… — Eric Alterman
When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the… — William Whately
Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there,… — Erich Fromm
The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because… — Bruce Barton
Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I… — Jane Fonda
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of… — Alphonsus Liguori
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted… — Chapman Cohen
My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's… — Samuel L. Jackson
The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it. — Unknown Author
I really did not think a thing about playing five black players to start the game; they were our best… — Don Haskins
Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never… — Dominique Wilkins

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