“Yes, he knew that the god Loki had come out of the flames and possessed him for a while (as Fafhrd had perhaps once been possessed by the god Issek back in Lankhmar) and spoken through his lips the sort of arguments that are so convincing when voiced by a god or delivered in time of war or comparable crisis—and so empty when proclaimed by a mere mortal on any ordinary occasion.”
Quote by Fritz Leiber
Book:Swords and Ice Magic
Work
Swords and Ice Magic
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
Source: God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design is it Anyway?
Source: The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Source: Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit
“I know where I am going now with art. I have found myself. Yvonne Rust 1994, aged 72.”
Source: Contact
Source: Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit
“The pa system has broken down. Society has broken down.”
Source: Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit
