Lin Carter - Voice Quotes

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I am not complaining, mind you, the simurgh was saying in a grumpy, peevish tone of voice a while later, I was merely pointing out that when one must tamper with the forces of nature, it is better to err on the side of caution and of prudence, than to be too liberal.

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The young curate, already pale to the lips, rolled his eyes up until only the whites showed, and began to pray in a trembling, feeble voice. Raised in an ecclesiastical society, where the tenets of the Faith are never argued, having long ago all been decided upon, he had never before been exposed to any difference of opinion on such holy matters. It was, indeed, for him an earth-shaking experience even to be listening to these hideous and pandemonial hallucinations, these nauseously original ideas, each of which gnawed at the roots of his sanity like a voracious worm, until the poor fellow felt his reason began to totter and the foundations of his faith began to shudder and reel.

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

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Umm, said Ooo, dubiously.
Do I detect a questioning tone in your voice? inquired the bird tartly. Which might imply that you find a flaw in my reasoning?

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