Glen Cook
Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for The Black Company and Garrett P.I. fantasy series...
historical cynicism precedent
Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
player games white
Oh, 'twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players and white, and fixed rules, and nary a shade of grey.
honesty nice lying
I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled towards absolute honesty, one person whose good opinion of us becomes a substitute for the broader opinion of the world. And that opinion becomes more important than all our sneaky, sleazy schemes of greed, lust, self-aggrandizement, whatever we are up to while lying the world into believing we are just plain nice folks.
time
Time will unfold its leaves.
consistency mind narrow-minds
Consistency is the sign of a narrow mind.
want waste
Where there is no waste, there is no want.
dream dust once-upon-a-time
There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.
names evil done
More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.
dream men rich
Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.
churches deliver local people stuff
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