Alexiel > Alexiel's 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, The Rise of Endymion

“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

“Трудно, много трудно се заспива с такива мисли. Вместо да се втвърди като восъчна пита в хладината на нощта, мозъкът започва да кипи като супа. Или като борш, все едно, борш, в който е нахвърляно всичко - и любов и омраза, и милост, и презрение, и главно големи парчета сляпа ярост, които винаги остават недоварени.”
― Павел Вежинов, Малки семейни хроники

“If reality is not what you want it to be, change it.”
― Hannu Rajaniemi, The Fractal Prince

“Being who you are for ever is the price you pay for im­mor­tal­ity.”
― Hannu Rajaniemi, The Fractal Prince

“The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics.”
― Hannu Rajaniemi, The Quantum Thief

“All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.”
― Gene Wolfe

“My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.”
― Gene Wolfe

“People don't want other people to be people.”
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw