Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.
What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.
I give dignity second place to expedience.
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.
A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.