“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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“A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.”
― Stendhal, quote from The Red and the Black
“People love what they're used to, I guess."
"No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.”
― Lucy Christopher, quote from Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
“I've loved Hope since we were kids. But tonight? Tonight I fell in love with Sky.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from Losing Hope
“Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will always love you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, quote from Empire of Storms
“Not looking up at me, his smile widened. “I’m reading your porn.”
Smacking his foot as I walked by, I scoffed, “That’s not porn…it’s romance.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Effortless
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