"It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing they say is real, and that is one kind of magic. But sometimes a vision will rip up from them and shriek and clank wings clear as the sweat smudge on the paper under your thumb. And that is another kind."

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Source : FaceBook post by Samuel R. Delany from May 20, 2012

Samuel R. Delany

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“Defend yourselves! If people don't defend their rights, they lose them.”
“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”
“Keep your paws off my fiancÃ¨e, you flea-ridden stray!”
“Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.”
“I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which take place in collisions with the wall or with the molecules of a foreign gas.”
“I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.”
“One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.”
“After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard.”

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