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Science Fiction Writer Inspirational Quotes (34898)

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Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.
Vernor Vinge
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It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing.
Vernor Vinge
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Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
Vernor Vinge
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There was nothing more painful than hurting someone you loved.
Veronica Rossi
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The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind.
Veronica Rossi
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Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.
Veronica Rossi
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Love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and earth and everything in between.
Veronica Rossi
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How do you restart something that had never been turned off?
Veronica Rossi
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There is no way forward that isn’t through pain.
Veronica Rossi
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People can be cruelest to those they love.
Veronica Rossi
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Try to sleep. Tomorrow’s coming, whether we worry about it or not.
Veronica Rossi
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An oath is a promise-and a promise can be made regardless of feeling.
Veronica Rossi
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You can't be miserable when you're running. It's such a simple and pure way to feel alive.
Veronica Rossi
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I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips down my palm, and I shiver and understand it completely
Veronica Roth
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You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a long time This is the Marcus that Tobias knows. The one who knows right where to hit to cause the most damage.
Veronica Roth
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What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty? she says after a few minutes of silence have passed. Honestly? Does now seem like the time for honesty? I look at her from the corner of my eye. I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
Veronica Roth
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The Amity Established this place as a safe house. No conflict allowed. The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy, says Marcus. How do you stop conflict without conflict?
Veronica Roth
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How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me -- the boy whose real name is powerful enough to keep us alive in a train car full of enemies?
Veronica Roth
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No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I imagine only chaos and isolation.
Veronica Roth
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I look older. Maybe it's the short hair or maybe it's just that I wear all that has happened like a mask. Either way, I always thought I would be happy when I stopped looking like a child. But all I feel is a lump in my throat. I am no longer the daughter my parents knew. They will never know me as I am now.
Veronica Roth
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Why are you constantly escorting me places?” I say. “Isn’t there a depraved activity you’re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?
Veronica Roth
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You die, I die too.” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.
Veronica Roth
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His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,” he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid of their guns” —another kiss between my eyebrows— “and act like the shrinking violet you could never be ”—a kiss on my cheek— “and you’ll be fine.
Veronica Roth
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Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.
Veronica Roth
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