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Any collocation of persons, no matter how numerous, how scant, how even their homogeneity, how firmly they profess common doctrine, will presently reveal themselves to consist of smaller groups espousing variant versions of the common creed; and these sub-groups will manifest sub-sub-groups, and so to the final limit of the single individual, and even in this single person conflicting tendencies will express themselves.
Jack Vance (1916-2013) American writer [John Holbrook Vance]
The Languages of Pao, ch. 5, epigraph (1958)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/vance-jack/76421/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jackvance #difference #fragmentation #division #difference #group #humannature #individuality #locality #nation #people #race #subgroup #tribe
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Sometimes the situation calls for casting Excellent Prismatic Spray, but Subpar Spectral Spritz is all you have memorized.
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I could extend my list of favourite authors by listing those deceased authors for whom, if an authenticated "lost manuscript" surfaced, I'd be first in the line to buy:
#JaneAusten
#CharlesDickens
#DianaWynneJones
#ENesbit
#GeorgeOrwell
#DorothyLSayers
#CliffordSimak
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@nonmateria Not sure if you are familiar with #JackVance's #speculativefiction, especially his #TheDyingEarth series. It is inspired by #ClarkAshtonSmith's stories of #Zothique & #Hyperboria. Smith was a much more open than either #HPLovecraft or #RobertEHoward. His artist fascination with other cultures & languages made him a #Xenophile in comparison to their #Xenophobia. He blended the #Lovecraft's #cosmichorror with a mix of #LordDunsany's ironic tone & the sensibility of #CharlesBaudelaire.