Stephen Brace
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“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist--a master--and that is what Auguste Rodin was--can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is . . . and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be . . . and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.”
― The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
― The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck.”
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This is known as "bad luck.”
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“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
Alternate Realities: A Scifi Book Club
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