Lin Carter

“What use to covet loot, when even stars must die?”

“Yes, a woman makes a fine weapon in capable hands...slim and supple as a sword blade...and a blade to which no man’s armor is completely proof.”

““And how do you feel?” the Prince asked in a smooth voice.“Better than you look,” Thane grunted.”

“Love, it seems, has its own arguments which are so potent that cool Reason can seldom, if ever, prevail.”

“Theological disputations are a favorite hobby of mine, but even the most eloquent and learned disputant finds his abilities wane before the persuasiveness of the thumb-lock, the nose-pincers and the molten boot.”