The Whispering Swarm
Quotes from the Book
I know not which I prefer the look of—those who attack us or that which defends us!
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Death is the promise we're all born with, sir. A good death is better than a poor one.
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Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.
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Man may trust man, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind.
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Best believe our fates are our own, even if the evidence denies it.
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On such ventures as these one is inclined to forget much, as one forgets a dream.
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Elric of Melniboné, last of the emperors of a once mighty land, exiled bearer of the sword of deathpower called Stormbringer, found a ship waiting for him on a mist-wreathed alien seashore.
When he boarded the mysterious vessel, he learned from its shadowy captain that he was to undertake a strange quest, side by side with other heroes from other times. For this ship sailed no earthly waters. These warriors and champions fought sorcerers and demons in a journey spanning seas that seemed to connect not continents and coastlines but other eras and different worlds. For they were, all of them, sailors on the seas of fate.
Book details
- First published
- 1976
- Author
- Michael Moorcock
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Goodreads rating
- 3.91 (13k ratings)
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