Words to live by

Jul 25, 2010 10:52

Some easy Sunday morning reading; quotes from 34 great sci-fi and fantasy authors, courtesy of io9.

"The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations - in fact, they ( Read more... )

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popehippo July 25 2010, 15:00:47 UTC
A) Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Octavia Butler and Ursula K LeGuin? *_* HOMG. Not to mention my favorite book in the world (American Gods) got directly quoted. Unf.

B) "In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is." - Unwind by Neil Shusterman.

Awesome.

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stormbringer986 July 25 2010, 15:57:35 UTC
I'm happy to see a quote by Iain M. Banks on that list. His books are fantastic.

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redhoundstooth July 25 2010, 19:04:04 UTC
Didn't know Terry Pratchet is a Sir. I feel slow, but I'm glad to see him on this list.

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ethe_real_ity July 25 2010, 22:25:25 UTC
That quote from Dick is one of my favorites. Keeps me a little more sane when I think I don't understand anything anymore. XD

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