"Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself."

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Source : Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.237, Penguin

Kristin Cashore

#People Quotes #Universe Quotes

“Strolling on the plateau of life, desperate for the mountain, I never thought that I would get this far. It's only art that has carried me through, given me faith in my own existence. But now I am approaching a point in my life where I desire more...”
“I'm going through the neutral zone and I've got a guy tugging me through the whole way, if I don't go down, I'm not going to get a call.”
“My work is known by too few people for me to be remembered as a writer - that is, beyond those dedicated souls (bless them) who have followed the oeuvre through its various stages. To be realistic, when they and the last of my friends have died, I doubt I shall be remembered at all.”
“All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.”
“If you find life on Europa [Jupiter's moon], like, what would you call it? Would it be, like, Europeans?”
“I find it difficult to say I'm black first and a woman second or vice versa. I can't make that kind of distinction. Amongst Aboriginal women I do my best to raise their consciousness both as women and as Aboriginals.”
“Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets....”
“Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.”

Source : Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Komarr”, p.118, Baen Books

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