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Gene Wolfe Quotes

Gene Wolfe quotes about people

American Writer May 7, 1931

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The necropolis has never seemed a city of death to me; I know its purple roses (which other people think so hideous) shelter hundreds of small animals and birds. The executions I have seen performed and have performed myself so often are no more than a trade, a butchery of human beings who are for the most part less innocent and less valuable than cattle. When I think of my own death, or the death of someone who has been kind to me, or even of the death of the sun, the image that comes to my... Gene Wolfe
I don't think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways; and it seems to me that God does what the rest of us do: He chooses the means that best gets His message across. Gene Wolfe
For an instant she hesitated. Baldanders said, 'You may trust him. The doctor has his own way of looking at the world, but he lies less than people believe. Gene Wolfe
Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most young people do, by reading the books I enjoyed. But I found that narrowed my pleasure... Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe quote: "Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what..."
Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real. Gene Wolfe
It seems to me that you can almost define civilization by saying it's people who are not willing to hurt other people because the other people are different. Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe quote: "People don't want other people to be people."
People don't want other people to be people. Gene Wolfe

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