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"I can't read this book anymore. Tolstoy is an great writer with strong characters, descriptions, and insight into the human conscious, but the story itself bores me. It's long and antiquated." — Sep 04, 2012 03:23PM
"I can't read this book anymore. Tolstoy is an great writer with strong characters, descriptions, and insight into the human conscious, but the story itself bores me. It's long and antiquated." — Sep 04, 2012 03:23PM
“I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards. Okay, so I should revise my standards; I'm out of step. I should yield to reality. I have never yielded to reality. That's what SF is all about. If you wish to yield to reality, go read Philip Roth; read the New York literary establishment mainstream bestselling writers….This is why I love SF. I love to read it; I love to write it. The SF writer sees not just possibilities but wild possibilities. It's not just 'What if' - it's 'My God; what if' - in frenzy and hysteria. The Martians are always coming.”
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“Everything in life is just for a while.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.”
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“When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.”
― Valis
― Valis
“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
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