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A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.
Joan D. Vinge
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Joan D. Vinge
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 2
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Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.
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I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.
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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.
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Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
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Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.
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Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones?
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What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.
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Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
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The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.
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All [people] are intolerant.... Only they're intolerant of different things.
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It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.
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To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.
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Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.
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