"It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of ***** which might be enjoyed by sentient planets."

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Source : Alastair Reynolds (2002). “Revelation Space”, p.406, Penguin

Alastair Reynolds

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“Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if theyre out there, we better hope they never find us.”
“You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.”
“I have never known anyone from Texas, no matter how far they go or what they do, who isn't proud of being from Texas.”
“Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.”

Source : Julius Lester (2008). “Guardian”, Amistad
“My philosophy is the same as a Samurai: To hit without getting hit.”
“When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.”
“You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you.”

Source : Courtney Summers (2013). “What Goes Around: Two Books In One: Cracked Up to Be & Some Girls Are”, p.186, Macmillan
“Ed Woolard, his mentor on the Apple board, pressed Jobs for more than two years to drop the interim in front of his CEO title. Not only was Jobs refusing to commit himself, but he was baffling everyone by taking only $1 a year in pay and no stock options. I make 50 cents for showing up, he liked to joke, and the other 50 cents is based on performance.”

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