"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear." — Joan D. Vinge

"Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear."

— Joan D. Vinge

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39 Quotes by Joan D. Vinge

Joan D. Vinge has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most…
And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with…
Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.
Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.
The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their…
Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.
Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more…
Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre…
Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the…

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the… — Aristotle
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that… — Darren Aronofsky
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad

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