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Salon Fantastique

by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author)

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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition

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And foe-of-convenience, the United States, barely the hope of the world, guilty of torture, helpless before its sacred text conceived in an age of powdered wigs, a constitution as unchallengeable as the Koran. Its nervous population obese, ...more

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Claudiu’s Quotes

“Library science was the foundation of all sciences.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel

tags: curiosity, literacy, reading

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“Look into my soul, I know - everything you need is in there. It has to be. Because I've never sold my soul to anyone! It's mine, it's human! Figure out yourself what I want - because I know it can't be bad! The hell with it all, I just can't think of a thing other than those words of his - HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic

tags: morality

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“Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

tags: faith, god, miracle

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“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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“Books and tales are as close as she can come to a place where magic is still real, where women and their words have power.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches

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