Planets Quotes by Joan Slonczewski

They gave me eyes. All of you are beautiful; you shine like stars. But I must go away with them.

— Joan Slonczewski

Usha had said that males were not all that different, just bigger outside to make up for what they lacked within.

— Joan Slonczewski

“That was the way to start, he knew: with unsureness. Only when the mind cracked open its own worldly certainties could a glimpse of…

— Joan Slonczewski

Death hastens those who hasten death.

— Joan Slonczewski

If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.

— Joan Slonczewski

A thousand fools believe a lie, and it's good as truth.

— Joan Slonczewski

A life postponed too long might never be lived.

— Joan Slonczewski

Few fears are rational.

— Joan Slonczewski

You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.

— Joan Slonczewski

There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.

— Joan Slonczewski

Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.

— Joan Slonczewski

Death can be hastened but never shared.

— Joan Slonczewski