"There may be stranger reasons for being alive.……" — Jo Walton
"There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There’s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall into and pull up over your head."
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23 Quotes by Jo Walton
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The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole…
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If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.
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I had said that Le Guin's worlds were real because her people were so real, and he said yes, but…
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I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I…
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It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.
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If you love books enough, books will love you back.
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There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.
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Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to…
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You know, class is like magic. There's nothing there you can point to, it evaporates if you try to analyse…
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I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half…
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One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and…
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Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but…
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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