Quotes
Authors
Gene Wolfe
"A hundred wise men have said in various ways that love transcends the power of death, and millions of fools have supposed that they meant nothing by it. At this late hour in my life I have learned what they meant. They meant that love transcends death. They are correct." --
Source : Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.338, Macmillan
Gene Wolfe
#Life Quotes
#Wise Quotes
#Men Quotes
“Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep a stamp collecion because I wanted to know. For hours you sat in hospitals and never, not once, complained. You brushed my hair like a mother should. You gave up work for me, friends for me, four years of your life for me. You never moaned. Hardly ever. You let me have Adam. You let me have my list. I was outrageous. Wanting, wanting so much. And you never said, 'That's enough. Stop now.”
“There is no such thing as too much fun. People need to know it is O.K. to tell jokes and be happy.”
“There is no end to learning, but there are many beginnings.”
“Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.”
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“I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.”
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“I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.”
“There will be no funeral! Before I get too old and ill, I'll go to South America and live among the Pemon people and meditate. When the time is right, they can throw my body into the volcano.”
“Testosterone is the world’s most dangerous drug. Get one molecule on you and you’re helpless.”