Lisa Goldstein Quotes

Lisa Goldstein is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whose work has been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Her 1982 novel The Red Magician won a National Book Award in the one-year category Original Paperback

and was praised by Philip K. Dick shortly before his death. Her 2011 novel, The Uncertain Places, won the 2012 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, and her short story, "Paradise Is a Walled Garden," won the 2011 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History. Wikipedia

✵ 21. November 1953

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A Mask for the General

Lisa Goldstein

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Famous Lisa Goldstein Quotes

“You really can’t choose the people you’re going to like.”

Lisa Goldstein book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 11 (p. 191)

“Maybe art couldn’t survive it if was sponsored by the government. Maybe art always had to be subversive.”

Lisa Goldstein book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 10 (p. 184)

“Layla’s story, though not always accurate, was far more interesting than the truth.”

Lisa Goldstein book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 12 (p. 214)

“I can’t believe this,” Mary said, whispering urgently. “Every time I talk to you I think I’ve heard the worst, and then you come along and say something even stupider.”

Lisa Goldstein book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 7 (p. 119)

““Lots of people would give anything to be in your place.”
“I’m not lots of people,” Mary said. “I’m me. That’s what I’ll never forgive, that you did all this without even asking me.””

Lisa Goldstein book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 8 (p. 137)

“You think you can be as heroic as he was, simply by dying. But he doesn’t take courage to die. That’s easy. It takes courage to live.”

Lisa Goldstein

Source: The Red Magician (1982), Chapter 9 (p. 137)

“Your father was a very wise man. But you cannot acquire his wisdom by pretending to have it already.”

Lisa Goldstein

Source: The Red Magician (1982), Chapter 8 (p. 121)

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