“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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“Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..."
He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the shadows, hoping it's too dark for him to see whether the window is open or closed. The woman pats his arm, cradling her hand against his elbow.
"You know I'd do anything for you and Hil," she says. I like her voice. It's throaty and rich.
"You'd do anything?" my father repeats numbly. "Even now? After -?"
"Even now," the woman says firmly.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Double Identity
“تساءلت عن الحافز الذى دفع الامريكيين لمقاومة الاستعمار البريطانى وعن ارادة تجاوزت الحدود لقد كان كثير من زعماء الثورة على ثراء كبير فما الذى دفعهم للمخاطرة باعمالهم وتجارتهم وعض الايدى التى تطعمهم ؟ والمخاطرة بحياتهم ؟ لاشك كان لدى كل منهم اسبابه الخاصة لكن لابد وان قوة جماعية وقفت وراءهم وقدر من الطاقة والحافز وشرارة اذكت الطاقات الفردية فى تلك اللحظة الفريدة من التاريخ
ثم ادركت كنه تلك المحفزات : انها الكلمات
اشعل تلك الشرارة سرد القصة الحقيقية للامبراطورية ونظامها التجارى الانانى والمدمر لذاته فى نهاية المطاف واشعل فضح المعنى الخفى عبر كلمات رجال مثل توم بين وتوماس جيفرسون خيال المواطنين وفتح قلوبهم وعقولهم وبدأ سكان المستعمرات البريطانية فى امريكا فى التساؤل عن السبب وحين فعلوا ذلك اكتشفوا حقيقة جديدة قطعت الطريق على اساليب الخداع والكذب لقد ادركوا الحقيقة الكامنة وراء المظهر الخارجى وفهموا طريقة الامبراطورية البريطانية فى استغلالهم وخداعهم واستعبادهم
ادركوا ان سادتهم الانجليز شكلوا نظاما ثم تمكنوا من اقناع معظم الناس كذبا بان ذلك افضل نظام يمكن للبشرية ان تصل اليه وان بلوغ عالم افضل مرهون بوضع كافة الموارد تحت تصرف ملك انجلترا وان منهج الامبراطورية فى التجارة والسياسة هو الاكثر فعالية وهو الاسلوب الانسانى لمساعدة الاغلبية الكاسحة من البشر بينما كانت الحقيقة تكمن فى ان ذلك النظام لايثرى سوى الاقلية على حساب الاغلبية لقد صمدت هذه الكذبة وما نجم عنها من استغلال وامتدت عقودا من الزمن حتى بدأت ثلة من الفلاسفة ورجال الاعمال والفلاحين والصيادين والمرابطين على الحدود والكتاب والوعاظ يتحدثون عن الحقيقة .”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
“Immortality, power, dominance, all are illusions. Don’t you see? We are simply pawns in a game beyond our understanding.’ Pug”
― Raymond E. Feist, quote from A Darkness At Sethanon
“Three will come, kin of the cat with fire in his pelt, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Outcast
“i freaking LOVE the warriors i will cry,laugh,”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Eclipse
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