24 Quotes by Barry Hughart

I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world.

The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science,” he observed mildly... “Come on, Ox, let’s go out and get killed.

Of course there is a slight chance that somebody might want to give the Celestial Bookmaker a heart attack.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot understand, and since we cannot understand we must do the best we can with faith. which is our only talent. The greatest act of faith we are capable of is that of loving another more than we love ourselves, and occasionally we can be quite good at it.

Immortality is a meaningless word unless invulnerability goes with it.