Giovanni Leone > Giovanni's Quotes

“Ye wanna steer clear o' 'im and 'is little friends. Ye shall come to a nasty end nosin' 'bout that gent."

The Spy knew the refrain. He wondered aloud as to the nature of these little friends.

"Ain't ever seen 'em, just 'eard of 'em. Cripples and deformed ones. Some ain't got no arms or legs is what I 'ear. they crawl along behind 'im, see? Wrigglin' in the dirt all ruddy worm-like."

"He's got an entourage of folk without arms," the Spy said, raising his brows toward the brim of his cocked hat. "Or legs. Following him wherever he goes."

"Some got arms, some don't. Some got legs, some don't. Some got neither. That's what I 'ear." The farmer shrugged, made the sign of warding again, and would say no more on the matter.”
― Laird Barron, The Croning

“It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built of words means that we lack the objectivity necessary to see the terrible distortion of reality which language brings.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.”
― Dan Simmons, Endymion

“After fifty-five years of dedicating his life and work to the story of ethical systems, Sol Weintraub had come to a single, unshakable conclusion: any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.”
― Peter Straub, The Throat

“The mind was a trap--it was a cage that slammed down over you.”
― Peter Straub, Ghost Story

“Wolf! Right here and now!”
― Peter Straub, The Talisman

“Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.”
― Ian McDonald, River of Gods

“Sensitive dependence on initial conditions; one word, one act, can change the world. Well they named it chaos theory.”
― Ian McDonald, Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone

“Coffee is a drink for grownups. No kid ever likes coffee. It’s psychoactive. Coffee is the drug of memory.”
― Ian McDonald, The Fifth Dragon

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

“Everything in life is just for a while.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find.”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

“Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please.”
― Philip K. Dick, Ubik

“Io sono vivo, voi siete morti”
― Philip K. Dick, Ubik

“Joe Chip said, ‘I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
― Philip K. Dick, Ubik

“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.”
― J.G. Ballard

“In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.”
― J.G. Ballard, Running Wild

“Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.”
― J.G. Ballard

“Sooner or later, everything turns into television.”
― J.G. Ballard

“Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. ”
― J. G. Ballard

“Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.”
― J.G. Ballard

“Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

“You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.”
― Rabindranath Tagore