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Dan Simmons Quotes

Its hard to die. Harder to liv Picture Quote #1

Its hard to die. Harder to live Picture Quote #1

All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit Picture Quote #1

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed Picture Quote #1

You treat violence as an aberration... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition Picture Quote #1

Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome’s faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized Picture Quote #1

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In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure Picture Quote #1

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer Picture Quote #1

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity Picture Quote #1

We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design Picture Quote #1

No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published Picture Quote #1

No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing Picture Quote #1

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The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep Picture Quote #1

There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one’s attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius Picture Quote #1

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri Picture Quote #1

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF Picture Quote #1

The truth is, it’s not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them Picture Quote #1

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms Picture Quote #1

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Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony Picture Quote #1

As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted Picture Quote #1

But it’s not just a game of finding literary references Picture Quote #1

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms Picture Quote #1

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it’s not meant to be a prediction Picture Quote #1

The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly Picture Quote #1

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Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move Picture Quote #1

Life is brutal that way... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction Picture Quote #1

Nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity Picture Quote #1

What, after all, is more real to us than the geography of our childhoods? Picture Quote #1

Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter Picture Quote #1

Love is nothing but lust misspelled Picture Quote #1

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Its hard to die. Harder to liv (Dan Simmons Quotes) Its hard to die. Harder to live (Dan Simmons Quotes) All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit (Dan Simmons Quotes) I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed (Dan Simmons Quotes) You treat violence as an aberration... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition (Dan Simmons Quotes) Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome’s faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized (Dan Simmons Quotes) In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure (Dan Simmons Quotes) The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer (Dan Simmons Quotes) Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity (Dan Simmons Quotes) We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design (Dan Simmons Quotes) No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published (Dan Simmons Quotes) No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing. (Dan Simmons Quotes) The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep. (Dan Simmons Quotes) There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one’s attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius. (Dan Simmons Quotes) It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri (Dan Simmons Quotes) Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. (Dan Simmons Quotes) The truth is, it’s not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them. (Dan Simmons Quotes) But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. (Dan Simmons Quotes) Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony. (Dan Simmons Quotes) As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted (Dan Simmons Quotes) But it’s not just a game of finding literary references (Dan Simmons Quotes) But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms (Dan Simmons Quotes) As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it’s not meant to be a prediction (Dan Simmons Quotes) The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly. (Dan Simmons Quotes) Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move (Dan Simmons Quotes) Life is brutal that way... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction (Dan Simmons Quotes) Nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity (Dan Simmons Quotes) What, after all, is more real to us than the geography of our childhoods? (Dan Simmons Quotes) Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter (Dan Simmons Quotes) Love is nothing but lust misspelled (Dan Simmons Quotes)

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