"After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of folktales, to reflect the shapes of our own tiny lives? And if the physicists are right, that the physical world changes as it is observed, and we are its only known observers, then might we not be bending the entire chaotic universe, the eternal, ever-active Now, to fit that familiar form?"

Source : Tad Williams (2002). “Otherland 4: Sea of Silver Light”, p.584, Penguin

Tad Williams

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“When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.”
“The Quran says nothing about the veil, except for an injunction to veil the bosom, which is obvious. As for the face, Muhammad's wife Khadijeh never wore the veil, nor did the other wives of the Prophet after Khadijeh died. [...] The ulema have twisted the Quran with their hadith, always twisting it toward those in power, until the message Muhammad laid out so clearly, straight from God, has been reversed, and good Muslim women are made like slaves again, or worse.”

Source : "The Years of Rice and Salt". Book by Kim Stanley Robinson, 2002.
“I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth. Who won't accept deception instead of what is truth. It seems we lose the game, before we even start to play. Who made these rules? We're so confused. Easily led astray.”
“I cannot, will not, withhold from my young readers the harsh realities of human hunger and suffering and loss, but neither will I neglect to plant that stubborn seed of hope that has enabled our race to outlast wars and famines and the destruction of death.”
“Fate never knows when comedy ends and tragedy begins.”

Source : Frank Frankfort Moore (1904). “The Original Woman”
“Put your backbone where your wishbone is.”

Source : Vikram Seth (2008). “Two Lives”, p.78, Penguin Books India
“Few animals display their mood via facial expressions as distinctly as cats.”
“Inherent in being proactive and trying things and not waiting to be told what to do is the fact that you're going to fail, you're going to make mistakes, and you're probably going to piss people off. And if you're not pissing people off, if you don't have haters, if you're not putting yourself in a situation that has some risks associated with it, you're probably not going to realize your full potential.”

Source : "INSTANT MBA: If You Don't Have Haters, You Won't Realize Your Full Potential" by Melissa Stanger, www.businessinsider.com. November 13, 2012.

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