"Prince of parable, I desire to see those gardens of lasting delight which Allah—the Creator! the Ever Beneficent!—reserves for the faithful. How am I to do so if I tell lies?" "By lying to Allah, I suppose."
— Gene Wolfe

January 1, 1970

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Fantasy authorsScience fiction authors from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesCatholics from the United States
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Sources

"The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (and What Came of It)", Arabesques (1988), ed. Susan Schwartz. Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Endangered Species (1989)