Not All Who Wander Are Lost
“Not all who wander are lost” This is one of my mother’s favorite quotes. And it’s always struck me as an interesting way to live life. The full poem is: …
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Collection
Quotes
Small acts of kindness make all the difference
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
— Gandalf
Don’t stop thinking
“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.”
— Jerry Pournelle
Why I like SciFi
“I’m a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I’d want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It’s so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.”
— Zoe Saldana
Enacting change
“The powerful don’t make revolutions.”
— Marge Piercy
Fear
“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
— J. K. Rowling
Catching your prey
“If you want to catch something, running after it isn’t always the best way.”
— Lois McMaster Bujold
When not to read
“A book’s alright when the weather’s foul and there’s nothing else to do, but why sit and read when the wind is calling your name?”
— Mercedes Lackey
Being Different
“It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.”
— Elizabeth Moon
Pain
“Pain means I’m still here, fighting.”
— Corine Solomon
Reality and belief
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
— Philip K. Dick
What are cats?
“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”
— Jules Verne
Taking advice
“One of the advantages of being a captain, Doctor, is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”
— James T. Kirk
Things that work
“If it is stupid but it works, it isn’t stupid. (a Shin’a’in saying)”
— Mercedes Lackey
What to learn
“It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.”
— Mary Shelley
Journeys
“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Thinking is the enemy of creativity
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do …
— Ray Bradbury
Protocol and Cats
“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”
— Robert A. Heinlein