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“Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.”
― David Bowie

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“I am change,” the insect answered. “I was what I knew, and I became different. The act of becoming requires time in stillness and is not without pain. Change is how the world rekindles in every moment, in all ways. To be of this life, you must change too.”
― Winnie Winkle, To Walk in the World: Twin Tales of Inception

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“Through my fiction, I seek to highlight the social and cultural rules that we accept without question. Sometimes, without even noticing. Fiction offers a unique platform to do this, with dystopia at the fore. By exaggerating these ingrained rules, or by reversing them entirely, we can start to examine them. And question them. And challenge those that are harmful.”
― Angeline Trevena

tags: dystopia, dystopian, dystopian-fiction, social-norms, writing

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“Do not presume to judge the Qui, Mr. President. Your society aspires to an ideal that exists only at levels like the United Regions. Analyze your world’s history and you find pockets of feudal life that continue to exist today. Cultures where rape victims are killed so as not to dishonor their family; countries where the male of your species has so little self-control, the female is obliged to hide behind cloth for fear they will tempt them into carnal acts; regions where children are slaughtered for no reason. And this was all before our invasion.”
― Kayla Stonor, Under By Treaty

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“Prophecy of Balance (Year of the Cat)

“There must be balance,” Source repeated,
“For mankind to flourish on the Earth-Throne he’s seated.”

His life is a gift from the gods, they created,
And the power to wield choice, but the outcome is weighted.

Seeing the harm and chaos humans manifest,
Wore heavily upon the goodness within their immortal breast.

But the gods disagreed, and two groups they split,
Each one possessing their own talent and wit.

One side fights for freedom of Man’s soul,
But the other wants slavery, and Man to control.

So Source cried, “Enough! Now Observers will be sent,
To assist with human minds you’ve cleverly bent!”

For balance, the pendulum won’t sway too far to one side,
And Universal Laws each god must abide.

The gods agreed, but did not stop with their plan,
To influence mankind as much as they can.”
― Kendi Thompson, Year of the Cat: The Thirteenth Realm

tags: gods, good-vs-evil, immortals, metaphysical, strong-female-character

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