Leanna Aker

“Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
― Ayn Rand

“As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I knew the weight was there but it didn't touch me. Only when I stopped did the slick, dark stuff of it come floating around my face, catching my arms and throat till I began to drown. So I just didn't stop.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible