« I'm a Dilk, and I don't know fear. However, when Death enters through the door, I go out the window. »
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Jack Vance
Cugel saga |
Jack Vance
Cugel saga
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« - Listen: the last driver to leave his cart was Called Phoster Ajan: a natural need! They plunged him to his nose in a vat of rubbish, sometimes icy, sometimes boiling. The poor man had to dive to the bottom to manipulate the thermal valve. He lasted five days before he drowned in. - Why are you telling me all this? Are you afraid for your friend Adam Reith? - No, for me!!! »
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Jack Vance
The Tschai Cycle, Volume 2: The Chasch (BD) |
Jack Vance
The Tschai Cycle, Volume 2: The Chasch (BD)
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« - How could you be sure that they were all going to run away? - If you want to know everything, I was really not sure of anything! - You mean you risked our lives on a bluff ?!! - Finally... Uh... Not really, let's not exaggerate anything... I don't know, I don't know that these kind of flag carriers only derive their courage from the charisma of their leader. Seeing him so pitiful, there was a good chance that they would get scared... - How many chances out of a hundred do you think? 90, 85 ? - Um... How can I tell you that without you getting upset... »
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Jack Vance
The Tschai Cycle, Volume 2: The Chasch (BD) |
Jack Vance
The Tschai Cycle, Volume 2: The Chasch (BD)
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