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The child in each of us Knows paradise. Paradise is home. Home as it was Or home as it should have been. Paradise is one's own place, One's own people, One's own world, Knowing and known, Perhaps even Loving and loved. Yet every child Is cast from paradise- Into growth and new community, Into vast, ongoing Change.

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But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.
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Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.
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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
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The big talent is persistence.
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I'm literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal.
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Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.
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We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life.
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Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.
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There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
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A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.
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You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
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