Lin Carter: Quotes about life

Lin Carter was American fantasy writer, editor, critic. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Lin Carter: 48 quotes 0 likes

“Chan’s heart knew only greed, but there was within him enough intelligence to wonder before a man who could see all the uselessness of life, and still exult in the possessing of it.”

Lin Carter

Source: Tower at the Edge of Time (1968), Chapter 13, “The Scarlet Tower” (p. 125)

Life , Intelligence , Heart

“This life, my dear bird, consists of a haphazard sequence of accidental meetings and partings, very few of which can ever be anticipated, avoided or fully understood. The element of sheer Chance, my friend, conflicting as it does with the first principles of Causation, denies any premeditated plan on the part of Destiny. Destiny, therefore, may only be defined as the sum total of one’s accumulated experiences, which are themselves accidental and purposeless. ‘Purpose,’ you deduce from this, is an interpretation imposed upon a sequence of events after the fact.”

Lin Carter book The Wizard of Zao

Source: The Wizard of Zao (1978), Chapter 4 (p. 50)

Life , Bird , Chance , Parting

“Mere abstention from a life of evil does not constitute a life devoted to good works.”

Lin Carter book Kesrick

Source: Kesrick (1982), Chapter 3, “The Monster-Guarded Gate” (p. 25)

Life , Evil