“Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.”
― David Brin, quote from The Uplift War
“But there is one more reason to protect other species. One seldom if ever mentioned. Perhaps we are the first to talk and think and build and aspire, but we may not be the last. Others may follow us in this adventure. Some day we may be judged by just how well we served, when alone we were Earth’s caretakers.”
― David Brin, quote from The Uplift War
“Someone once said that one measure of sentience was how much energy a sophont spent on matters other than survival. Fiben”
― David Brin, quote from The Uplift War
“The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.”
― David Brin, quote from The Uplift War
“If only I had a decent sense of humor Ah, well. Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.”
― David Brin, quote from The Uplift War
David Brin
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“Do you miss your dad?" And I said: "Who?”
― Louise Rennison, quote from Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
“It was called love. The hardest thing in the world to find and keep, but the one thing that made the worst imaginable hell tolerable. More than hope, it was truly the light that guided the lost to safety and kept them sane in the midst of utter chaos.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, quote from Styxx
“Could be both,” said Will. “Haven’t you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from Snow Country
“Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.-
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And it makes you vulnerable.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Summer Knight
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