"Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire."

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Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr

Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Love Quotes #Grief Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.”

Source : "The Faces of Science Fiction". Book by Patti Perret, 1984.
“Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.”
“We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right.”
“To say to a rich man: You are poor! is to tell the Archbishop of Granada that his sermons are worthless.”
“Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.”
“I'm an only child, and after making the movie [Yours, Mine and Ours], I know it would be awesome to have 17 brothers and sisters in real life.”
“Putting out the things that I like best hasn't been the easiest way to run a label, and it still isn't because it requires finding an audience for each record.”
“One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of people - can keep in their heads. This is why software is generally beneath contempt.”

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