Quotes from book
The Runestaff

Name: The Runestaff
Author: Michael Moorcock

Runestaff redirects here. For the written character of the runic variety, see FutharkThe Runestaff is a novel by British author Michael Moorcock, first published in 1969 under the title The Secret of the Runestaff.

“It is many years since I have wielded a weapon larger than a pen, borne anything weightier than a difficult problem in philosophy.”

Michael Moorcock book The Runestaff

Book 3, Chapter 5 “Five Heroes and a Heroine” (p. 467)
The Runestaff (1969)

“And then he pursed his lips in disgust. “Doubtless that was the result of supernatural interference with our brains! How I hate the supernatural!””

Michael Moorcock book The Runestaff

Book 1, Chapter 5 “A City of Glowing Shadows” (p. 406)
The Runestaff (1969)

““You fought well and you fought for justice.”
“Justice?” Hawkmoon called after him as he left the room. “Is there such a thing?”
“It can be manufactured in small quantities,” Fank told him. “But we have to work hard, fight well and use great wisdom to produce just a tiny amount.””

Michael Moorcock book The Runestaff

Book 3, Chapter 17 “The Sad Queen” (p. 501)
The Runestaff (1969)

““And is adventure and sensation all we should seek, Meliadus?”
“Aye—why not? All is chaos, there is no meaning to existence, there is only one advantage to living one’s life and that is to discover all the sensations the human mind and body is capable of feeling.””

Michael Moorcock book The Runestaff

Source: Book 2, Chapter 1 “Whispering in Secret Rooms” (pp. 428-429), The Runestaff (1969)

“Every court must have its fool, every great ideal must attract some who are motivated only by self-interest.”

Michael Moorcock book The Runestaff

Book 1, Chapter 7 “A Well-Known Traveler” (p. 413)
The Runestaff (1969)

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