Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 8, “Conversations in the Puzzle Palace” (p. 141)
Quotes from book
Stations of the Tide
Stations of the Tide is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Prior to being published in book form in 1991, it was serialized in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in two parts, starting in mid-December 1990.
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 1, “The Leviathan in Flight” (p. 14)
“Tyranny always has its rationale.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 2, “Witch Cults of Whitemarsh” (p. 26)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 3, “The Dance of the Inheritors” (p. 46)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 12, “Across the Ancient Causeway” (p. 223)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 13, “A View from a Height” (p. 232)
“A magician does not send messages, you know—he orchestrates reality.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 7, “Who Is the Black Beast?” (p. 119)
“You don’t hide information by destroying it. You hide it by swamping it with bad information.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 8, “Conversations in the Puzzle Palace” (p. 139)
“A very common delusion.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 1, “The Leviathan in Flight” (p. 10)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 13, “A View from a Height” (p. 235)
“Everyone dies—the rearrangement of when is a matter of only statistical interest.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 13, “A View from a Height” (p. 238)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 7, “Who Is the Black Beast?” (p. 108)
“Money can always be traced. It leaves a trail of slime behind it wherever it goes.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 2, “Witch Cults of Whitemarsh” (p. 26)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 6, “Lost in the Mushroom Rain” (p. 105)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 7, “Who Is the Black Beast?” (p. 109)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 6, “Lost in the Mushroom Rain” (p. 92)
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 13, “A View from a Height” (p. 236)
“Indeed, what is magic but impossible science?”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 8, “Conversations in the Puzzle Palace” (p. 130)
