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Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, #1)

by C.S. Lewis

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Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

by Robert Silverberg

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Jan 03, 2026 07:45AM

Rishindra’s Quotes

“Thou art God.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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“There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

tags: hypocrites

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“I have wrought my simple plan
If I give one hour of joy
To the boy who’s half a man,
Or the man who’s half a boy.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

tags: writing, writing-from-the-heart, writing-life

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“there is no worse hell than that provided by the regrets for wasted opportunities.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

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“What is common in all these dreams is obvious. They completely satisfy wishes excited during the day which remain unrealized. They are simply and undisguisedly realizations of wishes.”
― Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams

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