“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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“They say cowards run in the face of danger or pain. I supposed that’s what I was, what I’d become, too fearful to love, too fearful to be loved, too afraid to live—so I ran.”
― A.L. Jackson, quote from Take This Regret
“If I fall and break my neck, will you say something nice at my funeral?"
"Like 'Kyler was usually more graceful?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, quote from Frigid
“I shall now explain my plan. You may then speak, but only to amend the detail. The broad outline is not subject to negotiation. Are you ready? Good … I propose to have sex with you. I believe it will be excellent sex. Your obedience on one particular issue of timing it will be required to make it unforgettable sex. I will explain that issue as we go. At the moment, I wish to hear your inevitable objection to the general sex part of this plan.”
― Nick Harkaway, quote from Angelmaker
“Toda actividad humana está basada en el deseo de incremento. La gente busca más comida, más ropa, mejor techo, más lujo, más belleza, más conocimiento, más placer -el incremento en algo, más vida-. Cada ser viviente siente esta necesidad continua de avanzar, cuando el impulso cesa, la disolución y la muerte llegan enseguida. Esto lo sabemos instintivamente y por eso siempre buscamos más. Esta ley del incremento perpetuo fue fijada por Jesús en la parábola de los talentos: Porque sólo al que produce más se le dará más y tendrá en abundancia, pero al que no produce se le quitará hasta lo que tiene.”
― Wallace D. Wattles, quote from The Science of Getting Rich
“I'm already half-dust, Hayley, and I'm tired of trying to hold together what's left.”
― Katie McGarry, quote from Take Me On
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