Jack

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Jack’s Quotes

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

tags: answers, man, questions, thinking

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“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

tags: inspirational, wonder

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“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

tags: infinity, perception

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“Unfortunately,” he said, “we have short memories. Most heroes are forgotten by the next news cycle.”
― Jack McDevitt, Coming Home

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“The vast majority of us are far more capable than we realize. We grow up with parents, teachers, bosses all telling us what we can’t do. Don’t touch it; you’ll break it. They mean well, but they leave us with a sense of our own incapacity. When the day comes, if it comes, that you begin to believe in yourself, the world will be yours. —Mara”
― Jack McDevitt, Coming Home

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Space Opera Fans — 5724 members — last activity 53 minutes ago
If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more

Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy — 8952 members — last activity Sep 03, 2026 01:47PM
A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more

Sci-Fi, fantasy and speculative Indie Authors Review — 1922 members — last activity 16 hours, 2 min ago
Are you an Indie Author? Self-published or published by an Indie publisher? Do you enjoy discovering new books and new authors? Or are you just mad ab ...more

Alternate Realities: A Scifi Book Club — 455 members — last activity May 28, 2026 03:07PM
Online book club discussion of Scifi books. We will pick a book to read each month through polls, so be sure to vote. Hopefully we broaden our reading ...more

Indie Book Club — 1650 members — last activity Aug 22, 2026 06:14AM
This group was made as a place to discuss books by indie authors and allow them to pitch their books to an interested audience.

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