“Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.”

— Jack Vance, Demon Princes

Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 9 (p. 381)

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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