Avram Davidson Quotes

United States, Writer
April 23, 1923 – May, 8, 1993.

Avram Davidson was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and an Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. His last novel The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil was completed by Grania Davis and was a Nebula Award finalist in 1998. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says "he is perhaps sf's most explicitly literary author".

Rumor, I fear, is scarcely as accurate as he is rapid.

Avram Davidson
- Rumor
- Accurate
- Rapid
It was a distinction without a difference.

Avram Davidson
- Difference
- Distinction

These precautions, perhaps because they had been taken, proved unnecessary.

Avram Davidson
A querulous whine that was almost a question was succeeded by a deep gobble that was almost an answer.

Avram Davidson
Everything meant something, still, some meanings were revealed sooner than others. And that some were seemingly never revealed in no way disproved the fact.

Avram Davidson
- Fact
- Meant
- Revealed
Sorcery works against Nature, magic works with it.

Avram Davidson
- Nature
- Magic
- Sorcery
Life continued, the wheel turned, the earth moved, and even death—that delightful biological necessity—was an aspect of life.

Avram Davidson
- Life
- Earth
- Wheel
No greed was comparable to the appeal of self-sacrifice.

Avram Davidson

Experience may be a bitter teacher, but She is a good one.

Avram Davidson
- Good
- Experience
- Teacher
Where there is no bread, there is no philosophy.

Avram Davidson
- Philosophy
- Bread
It’s not a matter of who runs first or who runs last. It’s merely a matter of who gets caught.

Avram Davidson
- Matter
- Caught
- Runs