All Joan D. Vinge Quotes
- I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with… Character
- Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle. Carbuncle
- Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us… Earth
- 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… All
- What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time. All
- The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight. Closed
- The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were… Balance
- What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts. Didactic
- We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and… All
- The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. All
- Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning. Body
- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. Belief
- Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can. Control
- It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now. Asking
- Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal. Got Nothing
- Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. Chance
- To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But… Alive
- But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in… Act
- I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope… Characters