“Discipline in itself is not a corrupt concept, only discipline that is imposed rather than self-calculated.”

— Jack Vance , Demon Princes

Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Book of Dreams (1981), Chapter 14 (p. 347)

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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