I have no need to expose myself to your flummery," Mette sa… - Michael Swanwick

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I have no need to expose myself to your flummery," Mette said with dignity. "I believe in order that I may know. I do not know in order to believe."
"I marvel at your spite. Of what possible benefit can this willful ignorance be to you?

Michael Swanwick

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Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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He stood unmoving, wondering at his own abrupt and incomprehensible inability to act. He did not fear damnation. Nor did he give a fig for the common opinion of Mankind. There was nothing to stop him but fear alone—fear that his reasoning was wrong.

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I have no need to expose myself to your flummery," Mette said with dignity. "I believe in order that I may know. I do not know in order to believe." … - Michael Swanwick

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