Quotes from book
Conjure Wife
Conjure Wife is a supernatural horror novel by American writer Fritz Leiber.
“A scientist ought to have a healthy disregard for coincidences.”
Source: Conjure Wife (1953), Chapter 3 (p. 39).
“Things are different from what I thought. They’re much worse.”
Source: Conjure Wife (1953), Chapter 20 (p. 209).
“What is superstition, but misguided, unobjective science?”
Source: Conjure Wife (1953), Chapter 2 (p. 26).
Context: What is superstition, but misguided, unobjective science? And when it comes down to that, is it to be wondered if people grasp at superstition in this rotten, hate-filled, half-doomed world of today? Lord knows, I'd welcome the blackest of black magic, if it could do anything to stave off the atom bomb.
