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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“Read everything -- not only in your genre, but in completely new ones.”
― Leslie J. Anderson

“Don't go to your grave with your best work inside of you. Choose to die empty.”
― Todd Henry

“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”
― Carlos Castaneda

“The great problems we see in the world today will not be solved by people functioning at half capacity cranking out work they don't care about in order to buy more things that will eventually rust and rot.”
― Todd Henry, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

“When in doubt, say nothing and move on.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

“Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

“Training was one thing, reality another, and no one could be sure that the ancient human instincts of self-preservation would not take over in an emergency.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

“He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“How difficult it is to be simple!”
― Vincent van Gogh

“If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.”
― P.D. James, The Children of Men

“Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”
― P.D. James, Innocent Blood

“Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.”
― P.D. James, The Children of Men

“Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.”
― P.D. James

“It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it.”
― P.D. James

“Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words.”
― P.D. James, Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights

“...learn this lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy..”
― Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Let our scars fall in love.”
― Galway Kinnell

“The night was so deep the shadows seemed to bleed darkness.”
― Amber Argyle, Witch Born

“Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath in my ear sent a shiver down my spine.

"But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”

“That sounds more like a poison than a person,” was all I could say. His confession had both shocked and thrilled me.

“Exactly,” Valek replied. “You have poisoned me.”
― Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

“Polite fictions are very important for dragons.”
― Bard Bloom, Mating Flight: A Non-Romance of Dragons

“There’s no remedy for a spat between friends like visiting flaming, whirling death upon your enemies.”
― Bard Bloom, Mating Flight: A Non-Romance of Dragons

“Oh, I should add, I’m not looting the city, but the people I heal often bring me gifts. I’ve got a statue of a dog made of gold with bright ruby eyes that dates back two thousand years. I’ve got the best television set that Arucu Corporation made last year. And I’ve got a piece of slightly used butcher paper with a crayon drawing of something that might be me or might be a spider, I’m not sure which, with the words “THAK YOU DRRON GRAGON” written on it. And various other treasures.”
― Bard Bloom, Mating Flight: A Non-Romance of Dragons

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Monica Leonelle, The 8-Minute Writing Habit: Create a Consistent Writing Habit That Works With Your Busy Lifestyle

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen