"We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time."

-- Damon Knight

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“They say that love and tears are learned without any master; and I may say that there is no great need of studying at the court to learn envy and revenge.”

Source : Nicolas Caussin, Hawkins (1678). “The Holy Court in Five Tomes. The First Treating of Motives, which Should Excite Men of Quality to Christian Perfection: the Second of the Prelate, Souldier, Statesman, and Lady: the Third of Maxims of Christianity Against Prophaness, Divided Into Three Parts, Viz. Divinity, Government of this Life, and State of the Other World: the Fourth Containing the Command of Reason Over the Passions: the Fifth Containing the Lives of the Most Famous and Illustrious Courtiers; Taken Both Out of the Old and”, p.668
“Every man is his own greatest dupe.”
“The best advice I can give a young aspiring singer is not to become an old aspiring singer.”
“I love fashion, but it's always been my job, whereas horseriding is my hobby.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We kissed, then, and the ardour of her kiss stole my breath away. I returned her passion with all the fervor I possessed. A lifetime of vows and heart-felt disciplines had prepared me well, for in that kiss I sealed with all my soul the fate before me, embracing a mystery clothed in warm and yielding female flesh. Holding only the moment, with neither thought nor care for the future, I kissed her, and drank deep the strong wine of desire.”
“The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.”
“It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.”

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