Sylvia Gora

“Normality wasn't in the days I'd left behind me: it was only to be found in whatever fortune placed in my path each morning.”
― Maria Duenas

“The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.”
― Leslie T. Chang

“It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“I don't think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to face a lot of the same situations we do. It's instructive to imagine how they would react, with different technologies on different worlds. That's why I write science fiction -- even though the term 'science fiction' excites disdain in certain persons.”
― Kage Baker