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Joan Slonczewski
15 quotes
“A thousand fools believe a lie, and it’s good as truth.”
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“She tended to keep her eyes half closed, as if full sight of the world’s absurdity might be too much to bear.”
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“People fear stone,” Usha said, “because it contains never-life.” “Non-life? You mean, death?” “Nonsense,” she repeated vehemently. “What’s to fear about death? Death is natural. Stone is never-life.” Spinel took another tack. “If they fear it, then how come enough Sharers want it so the traders stock shelves full?” “How should I know? Why do Valans drink the toxic waste product of sugar-eating yeast?”
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“Few fears are rational.”
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“A life postponed too long might never be lived.”
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“Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.”
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“Magic is nonsense.” “Magic is anything you don’t understand.”
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“Usha had said that males were not all that different, just bigger outside to make up for what they lacked within.”
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“Death can be hastened but never shared.”
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“There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.”
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“Death hastens those who hasten death.”
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“You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.”
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“She watched the indigo sky, and the stars coming out tranquil as ever, as if this were any ordinary evening. Only humans knew what an evil time this was.”
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“If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.”
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“I can’t change what I am ovenight.” “Nor can I. And yet, one can’t stop changing, either.”
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