“The Iszics seem to have small understanding of intellectual curiosity,” observed Farr. “To compensate, we have a large understanding of rapacity, la… - Jack Vance

All is mutability, and thus your three hundred terces has fluctuated to three.

Who are our basic enemies? This is a secret, unknown even to those basic enemies.

Komeitk Lelianr said in a colorless voice, “Barch is from the planet Earth.”
“Earth?”
“Out in the Efrstl region.” Komeitk Lelianr looked at Barch dispassionately. “His people are socially disorganized, technically limited, ruled by emotion. But any kind of challenge seems to arouse in them a feverish energy. Burch thinks of it as dynamism. It is a necessity for action, no matter whether or not towards impossible ends. Rationality is a curiously ineffective argument against him; you are forced to think in his terms.”