"Here you see the pattern from which my great work is derived. It expresses the symbolic significance of NULLITY to which TOTALITY must necessarily attach itself, by Kratinjae's Second Law of Cryptorrhoid Affinities, with which you are possibly familiar." <br.> "Not in every aspect," said Cugel.

Chapter 4, "The Sorcerer Pharesm" - Quotations and text from the Dying Earth novels - The Eyes of the Overworld (1966)