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> [I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/i-m-incapable-of-writing-without-social-commentary-i-like-to-think/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

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## More by John Shirley

> [I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/i-do-try-to-be-of-some-use-in-the-world-i-sometimes-do-volunteer-work/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/weekends-are-a-bit-like-rainbows-they-look-good-from-a-distance-but/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/if-the-modern-world-were-a-patient-in-my-care-i-would-diagnose-it/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“Almost anyone could be Fascist under the right circumstances. If they get scared enough. It's because, you see, most people live their lives like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/almost-anyone-could-be-fascist-under-the-right-circumstances-if-they/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“The greater the scope in implementing an activity, the greater the need for strict attention to small details.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/the-greater-the-scope-in-implementing-an-activity-the-greater-the/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“When you serve a beer-cock an ear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/when-you-serve-a-beer-cock-an-ear/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/i-m-just-the-kind-of-person-who-seems-designed-probably-by-nature-to/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“from the end of John Shirley's Black Glass, something like: "the Singularity guys don't understand, they aren't copying us, our brains, just the noise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/from-the-end-of-john-shirley-s-black-glass-something-like-the/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/a-man-must-make-of-his-life-a-ladder-that-he-never-ceases-to-climb-if/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/i-m-not-quite-pompous-enough-to-think-of-myself-as-an-educator-or-a/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/as-far-as-i-know-misha-wrote-the-first-cyberpunk-poetry/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“It was like the Iran/Contra hearings in the last century; then, too, the investigators had looked just so far and no further.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/it-was-like-the-iran-contra-hearings-in-the-last-century-then-too-the/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [“He liked living simply. And he liked living alone. He had grown to dislike physical affection. It was intrusive, and it bullied his self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/he-liked-living-simply-and-he-liked-living-alone-he-had-grown-to/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/innocence-could-be-considered-a-discrete-state-of-mind/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

> [People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shirley/people-in-extreme-conditions-are-suddenly-naked-realer-than-normal/)

[John Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shirley/)

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