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Dan Simmons Quotes

Belief in one’s identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one’s immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful Picture Quote #1

To see and feel one’s beloved naked for the first time is one of life’s pure, irreducible epiphanies. If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include that truth of contact or be forever hollow. To make love to the one true person who deserves that love is one of the few absolute rewards of being a human being, balancing all of the pain, loss, awkwardness, loneliness, idiocy, compromise, and clumsiness that go with the human condition. To make love to the right person makes up for a lot of mistakes Picture Quote #1

The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to Picture Quote #1

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion Picture Quote #1

I loved you backward and forward in time. I loved you beyond boundaries of time and space Picture Quote #1

The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip Picture Quote #1

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Those who ignore history’s lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them... they may be forced to die by them Picture Quote #1

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians Picture Quote #1

It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters 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

Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement Picture Quote #1

The future is like smoke from a burning forest, waiting for the wind of specific events and personal courage to blow the sparks and embers of reality this way or that Picture Quote #1

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It is a mystery, and to tell the truth, I am intrigued by mysteries even if this is to be my last week of enjoying them. I would welcome some glimmer of understanding but, failing that, working on the puzzle will suffice Picture Quote #1

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become Picture Quote #1

A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around them like water around a rock Picture Quote #1

Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art 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

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher Picture Quote #1

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Laws had a bad habit of being ignored or abrogated when societal push came to totalitarian shove Picture Quote #1

Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written 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

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

If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow Picture Quote #1

All violence flows from the same source... the need for power. Power is the only true morality... the only deathless God, and the appetite for violence is its only commandment Picture Quote #1

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War must never be a condition but, rather, a temporary scourge which we suffer as a child does a fever, knowing that health follows the long night of pain and that peace is health Picture Quote #1

Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated Picture Quote #1

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Belief in one’s identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one’s immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful (Dan Simmons Quotes) To see and feel one’s beloved naked for the first time is one of life’s pure, irreducible epiphanies. If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include that truth of contact or be forever hollow. To make love to the one true person who deserves that love is one of the few absolute rewards of being a human being, balancing all of the pain, loss, awkwardness, loneliness, idiocy, compromise, and clumsiness that go with the human condition. To make love to the right person makes up for a lot of mistakes (Dan Simmons Quotes) The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to (Dan Simmons Quotes) Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion (Dan Simmons Quotes) I loved you backward and forward in time. I loved you beyond boundaries of time and space (Dan Simmons Quotes) The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip (Dan Simmons Quotes) Those who ignore history’s lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them... they may be forced to die by them (Dan Simmons Quotes) History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians (Dan Simmons Quotes) It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters (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) Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement (Dan Simmons Quotes) The future is like smoke from a burning forest, waiting for the wind of specific events and personal courage to blow the sparks and embers of reality this way or that (Dan Simmons Quotes) It is a mystery, and to tell the truth, I am intrigued by mysteries even if this is to be my last week of enjoying them. I would welcome some glimmer of understanding but, failing that, working on the puzzle will suffice (Dan Simmons Quotes) Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become (Dan Simmons Quotes) A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around them like water around a rock (Dan Simmons Quotes) Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art (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) Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher (Dan Simmons Quotes) Laws had a bad habit of being ignored or abrogated when societal push came to totalitarian shove (Dan Simmons Quotes) Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written (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) If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow (Dan Simmons Quotes) All violence flows from the same source... the need for power. Power is the only true morality... the only deathless God, and the appetite for violence is its only commandment (Dan Simmons Quotes) War must never be a condition but, rather, a temporary scourge which we suffer as a child does a fever, knowing that health follows the long night of pain and that peace is health (Dan Simmons Quotes) Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated (Dan Simmons Quotes)

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