“Context is to data what water is to a dolphin”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Olympos
“Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Shame on any man who gets used to that taste.”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Olympos
“... The continuation of her life was more than another day of breathing, but was the gift of another day of engagement with her beloved across the spectrum of all things.”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Olympos
“All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil.”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Olympos
“...Data itself... was tolerable. It was the constant nerve-web-expanding pain of context that would kill him.”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Olympos
Dan Simmons
Born place: in Peoria, Illinois, The United States
Born date April 4, 1948
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“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“I’ll be fine,” I repeat, a lump forming in my throat. “Just…take care of Nan, okay?”
She releases me and steps back, wiping her eyes with the back of one hand. “Lou said she’d drop by and check on you every once in a while, but if you need anything, you know you can call me or Daddy anytime--day or night.”
I just nod.
“And if there’s a problem here at the house, call Ryder right away. He’ll come over and--”
“But you said no boys,” I argue stubbornly.
She gives me a pointed look. “Except for Ryder.”
― Kristi Cook, quote from Magnolia
“The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the gods' surgery. They used my own pen to probe my wound. ”
― C.S. Lewis, quote from Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
“What if everything was unfinished? What if everything was made incomplete?”
― David Vann, quote from Aquarium
“I’m slowly learning that my happiest, most special moments happen when the circus is at its peak.”
― quote from Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate I do… for I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out. What a wretched man I am.”
― Sierra Simone, quote from Priest
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