Consider the human mind! It is capable of amazing feats whe… - Jack Vance

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Consider the human mind! It is capable of amazing feats when used properly. Conversely, without exercise it atrophies to a lump of gray-yellow fat.

Jack Vance

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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series.

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Birth Name: John Holbrook Vance

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“As I listen to you I hear only ingenuousness and didactic theory.”
Lorcas compressed his lips. “Perhaps because you are hearing views which contradict your emotions.”

“I'm sure you didn’t mean to hurt anyone.”
Madoc Roswyn laughed a soft forlorn laugh. “The sad truth is that I didn’t care—which may be worse.”

It is as well that the amok has no weapons other than his knife. Otherwise he would kill twenty where now he kills one.

Consider the human mind! It is capable of amazing feats when used properly. Conversely, without exercise it atrophies to a lump of gray-yellow fat. - Jack Vance

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