John C. Wright: Likeness

John C. Wright is American novelist and technical writer. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

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“It seemed even the smallest exercise of arbitrary authority could go to one’s head like wine. I told myself to remember this when I was older.”

John C. Wright book Orphans of Chaos

Source: Orphans of Chaos (2005), Chapter 4, “Headmaster Boggin” Section 1 (p. 64)

“Women are supposed to domesticate men. List the countries where they treat women like dirt, and then list the crude, warlike, and brutal countries. Same list, yes?”

Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 10, “Love’s Proper Hue” Section 8 (p. 162)

“Think, Amelia, think. You read all those books. What would Odysseus do? Dress up like a beggar, and then shoot everyone. No help there. What would Achilles do? Go sulk in his tent. Nope. Aeneas? Sacrifice a cow or something. Boy, these old heroes are really not useful as role models. Who were my other heroes? Margaret Thatcher? Attack Argentina. No time to go wobbly.”

Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 10, “Love’s Proper Hue” Section 7 (p. 157)

“Miss Daw said, half to herself, “Now you have had your first lesson in what it is like to be a real grown-up woman in a man’s world, my dear. We are judged by our looks, and men are not.””

John C. Wright book Orphans of Chaos

Source: Orphans of Chaos (2005), Chapter 20, “Company, of a Sort” Section 4 (p. 269)

“Warlocks are something like doctors, I guess. No matter how much you like them personally, there is quite a bit of nasty mess involved in their line of work.”

Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 8, “Pallid Hounds A-Hunting” Section 1 (p. 100)