"Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing."

-- Ally Carter

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“Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and the green-tinged light reflected from the forest, will seem quite different to the same face seen on a beach in hard, dry, sunlight, or in a darkening room at twilight, with the shadows of a venetian blind striped across it like a convictâ€™s uniform.”
“Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present.”
“Things never are as bad as they seem.”
“About two million years ago, man appeared. He has become the dominant species on the earth. All other living things, animal and plant, live by his sufferance. He is the custodian of life on earth, and in the solar system. It's a big responsibility.”
“Giese was an unemotional man, but then in the study of Solaris emotion is a hindrance to the explorer. Imagination and premature theorizing are positive disadvantages in approaching a planet where-as has become clear-anything is possible... The fact is that in spite of his cautious nature the scrupulous Giese more than once jumped to premature conclusions. Even when on their guard, human beings inevitably theorize.”
“Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.”
“The cyborg would not recognize the garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.”

Source : "A Cyborg Manifesto". Essay by Donna J. Haraway, www.theguardian.com. 1984.
“There's a deformity in the information that the public in the United Statesis receiving. It's contained in kind of a bubble and one day this bubble will explode.”

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