“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 (The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien)
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, Woman on the Edge of Time
Catching your prey
“If you want to catch something, running after it isn’t always the best way.”
— Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity
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, By the Sword
Being Different
“It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.”
— Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark
Pain
“Pain means I’m still here, fighting.”
— Corine Solomon in Devil’s Punch
Reality and belief
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
— Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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