"I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction."

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Connie Willis

#Book Quotes #Fiction Quotes #May Quotes

“As the malicious disposition of mankind is too well known, and the cruel pleasure which they take in destroying the reputation of others, the use we are to make of this knowledge is, to afford no handle for reproach; for bad as the world is, it seldom falls on anyone who hath not given some slight cause for censure.”
“If the blonds and blue-eyed people die out, the human race will become increasingly dense ... Blond hair actually bestows intelligence. In the case of fair people, less nourishment is driven into the eyes and hair; it remains instead in the brain and endows it with intelligence. Brown- and dark-haired people drive the substances into their eyes and hair that the fair people retain in their brains.”
“I want to be successful, not famous.”
“When you are right, everything around you is right, for the beautiful flow that is inside your heart has the capacity to spread its fragrance of oneness-light all around you.”
“Is it always to be a winners-losers world, or can we keep everyone in the game? Do we still have what it takes to find a better way?”
“On the canvas of life, Every sweep of the brush matters, Counts for somethingâ€¦”
“His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.”
“I have come to a resolution myself as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what it may.”

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