Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.
The opposite of liberal is stingy. The opposite of radical is superficial. The opposite of conservative is destructive. So I declare that I am a radi… - R. A. Lafferty
The opposite of liberal is stingy. The opposite of radical is superficial. The opposite of conservative is destructive. So I declare that I am a radi…
- R. A. Lafferty
Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and… - R. A. Lafferty
Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and…
The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren… - R. A. Lafferty
The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren…
The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today. - R. A. Lafferty
The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today.
The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity. - R. A. Lafferty
The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.
Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading. - R. A. Lafferty
Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading.
The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common. - R. A. Lafferty
The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common.
An excess of science will leave none of us alive. - R. A. Lafferty
An excess of science will leave none of us alive.
We must kill the Devil afresh every day. - R. A. Lafferty
We must kill the Devil afresh every day.
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