"Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction."

-- Joan D. Vinge

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“When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.”
“Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.”

Source : Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1995). “The Sacrifice: The First Book of the Fey”, Spectra
“You never know which gig is going to be your last.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.
“The second duty of the wife is constant obedience and subjection.”

Source : John Dod, Robert Cleaver (1622). “A Plaine and Familiar Exposition of the Ten Commandements: With a Methodicall Short Catechisme, Containing Briefly the Principall Grounds of Christian Religion”, p.217
“I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.”

Source : "Text Of Bush-Kerry Debate II (5)" by Jarrett Murphy, www.cbsnews.com. October 8, 2004.
“I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.”
“Lovers can find nothing to say to each other that has not been said and unsaid a thousand times over. Kisses were invented to translate such nothings into wounds”
“You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom.”

Source : "Fictional character: Priest". "Werewolf of London", www.imdb.com. 1935.

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