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> [Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/archaeology-is-the-anthropology-of-the-past-and-science-fiction-is/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

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> [Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/studying-anthropology-i-developed-a-kind-of-holistic-view-of-human/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

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## Other authors on Anthropology

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-mead-63436.jpg) Margaret Mead 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/margaret-mead/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/kurt-vonnegut/)

## More by Joan D. Vinge

> [Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/fear-of-the-unknown-is-a-terrible-fear/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/archaeology-is-the-anthropology-of-the-past-and-science-fiction-is/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-at-least-on-the-karmic-level/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [ “\[S\]omehow, without his being aware of it, time had coated his awe with a rind of disillusionment, and the wine of wonder had turned… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/s-omehow-without-his-being-aware-of-it-time-had-coated-his-awe-with-a/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/for-every-path-you-choose-there-is-another-you-must-abandon-usually/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/the-contradictions-are-what-make-human-behavior-so-maddening-and-yet/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/the-futures-and-ultimate-fates-of-the-characters-in-the-snow-queen/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-stoned-to-death/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/but-what-force-in-the-galaxy-is-stronger-than-she-is-indifference/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/don-t-worry-you-re-safe-now-you-ve-got-nothing-left-to-steal/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [“There are two tragedies in life. One is never getting your heart's desire. The other is getting it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/there-are-two-tragedies-in-life-one-is-never-getting-your-heart-s/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/it-doesn-t-matter-i-m-not-asking-forever-of-you-just-let-me-love-you/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/what-i-do-not-want-to-write-is-didactic-political-tracts/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/i-was-thinking-about-what-i-wanted-to-write-next-after-my-first-novel/)

[Joan D. Vinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-vinge/)

> [But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-vinge/but-our-society-does-not-grant-nontraditional-forms-of-intelligence/)

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