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Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
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Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
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I'm very interested in the evolution of technology, and it's really the idea of artificial life which intrigues me, more than just intelligence - a new, evolving life form arising within our datasphere and coming into living relation with humanity.
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Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.
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You treat violence as an aberration ... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition.
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Lovemaking seems all too absurd when described.
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The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.
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You have to live to really know things, my love
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Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.
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The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip.
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His imagination was always more real than the reality of daily life.
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The Victorians, they were like the Germans in World War II. They could not stop recording details about their lives and their age.
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Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil.
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There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have paid for it with their humanity and their immortal souls.
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Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement.
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Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.
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If our god's work is to be done in our time, we must do it ourselves.
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Sometimes ... dreams are all that separate us from the machines.
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No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.
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