“The first of earthly blessings, independence.”
Source : Edward Gibbon (1998). “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.8, Wordsworth Editions
Source : "Joan Chen — Saving Face". Groucho Reviews Interview, grouchoreviews.com. March 11, 2005.
Source : Tatyana Tolstaya (2016). “The Slynx”, p.127, New York Review of Books
“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”
Source : One-Dimensional Man ch. 1 (1964)
“My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.”
“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”
Arthur C. Clarke
Film writer
H. G. Wells
Writer
Jules Verne
Novelist
Kurt Vonnegut
Writer
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
Ray Bradbury
Writer
Robert A. Heinlein
Science writer
Robert Silverberg
Author
Ursula K. Le Guin
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