Joan D. Vinge quotes

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. (Joan D. Vinge)
The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. View quote
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Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established. View quote
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Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal. View quote
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Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. View quote
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Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. View quote
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What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts. View quote
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Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life. View quote
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We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us. View quote
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For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever. View quote
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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear. (Joan D. Vinge)
Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future. View quote
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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. View quote
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Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession. View quote
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Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything... and not doing it only because you can. View quote
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There are two tragedies in life. One is never getting your heart's desire. The other is getting it. View quote
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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large. View quote
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Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level. View quote
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Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious. View quote
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Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning. View quote
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Myth is, after all, the neverending story. (Joan D. Vinge)
What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time. View quote
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Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future. View quote
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Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? View quote
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The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control. View quote
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