“In the beginning was the Word. In the end . . . past honor, past life, past caring . . . In the end will be the Word.” — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
This is every writer's nightmare--the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us... — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Gass once wrote: "Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it." Here… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Words were like objects, making the idea more solid -- less a poisonous gas and more a ... cube of crystallized thought. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“He loved the darkness and the mystery of the Catholic service--the tall priest strutting like a carrion crow and pronouncing magic in… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“That’s all! Now either leave us alone or join us as a father rather than a receiver of sacrifices. You have the choice of… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“The Song of Kali is with us. It has been with us for a very long time. Its chorus grows and grows and grows.… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“In the end, thought Sol, past logic and hope, it is dreams and the love of those dearest to us that form Abraham’s answer… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“After seven centuries of existence and at least four centuries where few citizens existed without it, the datasphere – including the All Thing and… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Pain is an interesting and off-putting thing. Few if any things in life concentrate our attention so completely and terribly, and few things are… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of poet is… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“The day before the Queen's Ball, Father had a visitor--a very young girl with literary aspirations, someone Lord Lytton had recommended visit Father and… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
You've probably heard about the theory of steam-engine time - that even after the steam engine had been invented, it had to wait until… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MISUSE OF THIS CHANNEL. YOU ARE DISTURBING OTHERS WHO ARE USING IT TO SERIOUS PURPOSE. ACCESS WILL BE RESTORED… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
