"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

#Fiction Quotes #Science Fiction Quotes

“I think my work has become more interesting, well to me anyway.”
“I'm a real workaholic.”
“Children seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives, humbly imagining real calamity to be some prestigious drama of the grown-up world.”

Source : Shirley Hazzard (2003). “The Bay of Noon: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan
“Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.”
“Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals.”
“A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.86, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Curran looked back at me. "Why is it you always attract creeps?" "You tell me." Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
“Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.”

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