Science fiction Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

“I loved the idea that people could discover things. That you could be the person to see something first. Or see something that nobody…

— Morgan Matson

“Occasion revived an illusion of discovery, as if one woke in a strange room to wonder afresh not only where but who one was;…

— Shirley Hazzard

“Self-observation helps us to refocus within, to balance ourselves and to be in the present moment....”

— Jacqueline Ripstein

“In fact, my real interest was, had always been, in the opinions and perspectives of others: in walking around a subject, as one walks…

— Mark Colvin

“What if the places you went and the things you encountered in your work were more interesting than what was available in the physical…

— Neal Stephenson

“As I look back, in many instances, I simply followed the natural course of things. And great things happened, mostly. But over time I…

— Shauna Niequist

“You were given a gift. You were given the chance to see who you were, to learn from mistakes, and to change and grow.…

— Christie Golden

“had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would…

— Oscar Wilde

“Only learning oneself better, and understanding one’s place in the world, made the touch of another mundane.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw Or heard or felt came not but from myself; And there I…

— Wallace Stevens

“My sense of self hinges upon the belief that what I do matters. That belief has compelled me to venture far from home life,…

— Finbarr O'Reilly

“Whatever ideals we would impress upon others we must first have realized in ourselves.”

— Thomas S. Monson