Jack Vance citations célèbres
“Il est parfois sage de sauvegarder les mythes. Trop de science peut devenir un pesant fardeau.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
“Sur Tschaï, tout ce qui semble raisonnable est une erreur.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969
“Un éclaireur, c'est un homme qui aime le changement.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Chasch, 1968
Citations sur les hommes et les garçons de Jack Vance
“Les hommes sont des monstruosités, des phénomènes.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Chasch, 1968
“En se définissant, au fond, l'homme religieux s'explique.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
Citations sur la foi de Jack Vance
Jack Vance Citations
“Postuler une absurdité porterait atteinte à ma dignité et je m'abstiendrai de toute conjecture.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
“Je dérive aux grés du courant de la vie. Pourquoi me préoccuperais-je de savoir où il m'entraine?”
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
“Il est impossible d'échouer après tant d'efforts et de souffrances.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
“On ne peut quand même pas se jeter à l'eau sous prétexte de ne pas se mouiller.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969
“Un dogme n'est pas nécessairement un mensonge. Il existe des vérités révélées.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
“La musique est la clé du génie d'un peuple.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969
“La curiosité est le signe d'un esprit actif.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
Citations de ses romans, Space Opera, 1965
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
“L'existence était pour elle une expérience insipide qu'il fallait bien accepter.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
“Le mysticisme est sans valeur en tant que moyen de navigation spatial.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
“L'odeur de la haine imprégnait l'atmosphère.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
Citations de ses romans, Le Wankh, 1969
“Comment contrôler une telle perversité, une haine aussi monstrueuse?”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969
Citations de ses romans, Le Pnume, 1970
Jack Vance: Citations en anglais
“Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), Suldrun's Garden (1983), Chapter 3, section 3 (p. 31)
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 12, section 1 (p. 545)
“You are a particularly clever girl: almost as clever as you are appealing to the eye.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 16, section 3 (p. 635)
“He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia.”
Source: Space Opera (1965), Chapter 4 (p. 30)
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 1, section 1, "Flutic"
“The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did.”
Source: The Last Castle (1966), Chapter 2, section 1
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"
“Another busy day! So let’s to business. The clock moves forward; wasted time is life defeated!”
Source: To Live Forever (1956), Chapter VIII, section 3
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), Cugel's Saga (1983), Chapter 3, section 2, "Faucelme"
“A notable scheme has occurred to me.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 1, section 4 (p. 371)
“It had been suggested to her that the flaw lay not in the universe but in herself.”
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 3, "T'Sais"
“Why not alter the habits of a lifetime and speak with candour?”
asked Shimrod. “Truth, after all, need not be only the tactic of last resort.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 17, section 2 (p. 657)
“You drink only sparingly. Is the beer too thin?”
“No at all. I merely wish to keep my wits about me. It would not do if both of us became addled, and later woke up in doubt as to who was who.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 4 (p. 447)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Book of Dreams (1981), Chapter 14 (p. 347)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Book of Dreams (1981), Chapter 7 (p. 264)
“May I inquire as to your motives?”
“Why do you trouble to ask? You would believe nothing told you.”
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Face (1979), Chapter 13 (p. 166)
“The seconds marched past, traversing that mysterious boundary which separates future from past.”
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Face (1979), Chapter 11 (p. 145)
“I can tell you this at least. The most convincing disguise for legitimacy is legitimacy itself.”
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Face (1979), Chapter 1 (p. 12)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 12 (p. 415)
“Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.”
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 9 (p. 381)
“Art implies discipline; the more excellent the art, the more rigorous the discipline.”
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 7 (p. 356)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 6 (p. 346)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 5 (p. 343)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 5 (p. 342)
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Killing Machine (1964), Chapter 12 (p. 282)