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Elizabeth Moon quotes: It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.

Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.

When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: This has the potential to be a rolling doughnut,

This has the potential to be a rolling doughnut,

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Motivation is the power behind plot.

Motivation is the power behind plot.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Paks, if you've got a fault it's that you're too willing to be ruled. I know what you'll say - you'll say that's how a good soldier is.

Paks, if you've got a fault it's that you're too willing to be ruled. I know what you'll say - you'll say that's how a good soldier is.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.

I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: My advice is, the next time you see someone you think you need to rescue, walk quickly away on the far side of the street.

My advice is, the next time you see someone you think you need to rescue, walk quickly away on the far side of the street.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands.

To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?

I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: You have fought a hard battle, in hard conditions, and held a position until help came. Think of it like that.

You have fought a hard battle, in hard conditions, and held a position until help came. Think of it like that.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: The test of a sword is not its polish but its temper

The test of a sword is not its polish but its temper

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character. The Speed of Dark

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.
The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction.

I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I like swordwork. It's like riding, that way - it forces concentration, and thus opens up the world.

I like swordwork. It's like riding, that way - it forces concentration, and thus opens up the world.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long.

It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Intelligent men think up ways to get themselves in tangles a stupid man would never imagine.

Intelligent men think up ways to get themselves in tangles a stupid man would never imagine.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Wanting peace does not bring it ... and if trouble comes, a king or a realm must be prepared.

Wanting peace does not bring it ... and if trouble comes, a king or a realm must be prepared.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.

What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Normal' is a dryer setting.

Normal' is a dryer setting.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: You'll find, someday," Paks found herself saying, "that your own tongue cuts you worse than any blade. I

You'll find, someday," Paks found herself saying, "that your own tongue cuts you worse than any blade. I

Elizabeth Moon quotes: In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.

Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour.

People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: His implant woke him at three A.M. local time, when he was, for reasons he never understood, dreaming about dancing fish.

His implant woke him at three A.M. local time, when he was, for reasons he never understood, dreaming about dancing fish.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Nobody but the residents would call this sector the Hub Worlds, unless they thought the rest of the wheel had fallen off.

Nobody but the residents would call this sector the Hub Worlds, unless they thought the rest of the wheel had fallen off.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: it is much the same, I daresay, wherever and whenever men desire power and the use of power on others.

it is much the same, I daresay, wherever and whenever men desire power and the use of power on others.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on us all.

I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on us all.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.

I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: It is all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.

It is all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Never show how smart you are, dears, or someone will envy you.

Never show how smart you are, dears, or someone will envy you.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.

I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Apparently they didn't realize that people who buy thousands of rounds of ammo are likely to know how to use it. We

Apparently they didn't realize that people who buy thousands of rounds of ammo are likely to know how to use it. We

Elizabeth Moon quotes: My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: And as Paksenarrion is there, perhaps she will ride back with me to Fin Panir to see the necklace.

And as Paksenarrion is there, perhaps she will ride back with me to Fin Panir to see the necklace.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Of death I am as certain as any mortal, Ammerlin, but defeat is certain only in despair.

Of death I am as certain as any mortal, Ammerlin, but defeat is certain only in despair.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.

There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.

This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: If you cannot read it, how could you catalog it?

If you cannot read it, how could you catalog it?

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Everything in my life that I value has been gained at the cost of not saying what I really think and saying what they want me to say.

Everything in my life that I value has been gained at the cost of not saying what I really think and saying what they want me to say.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: You were not bred to avoid trouble," Tobai said. "Your family takes it on, shakes it like a dog shaking a rat, and tosses it to one side.

You were not bred to avoid trouble," Tobai said. "Your family takes it on, shakes it like a dog shaking a rat, and tosses it to one side.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.

My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.

I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: Free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others.

Free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others.

Elizabeth Moon quotes: I used to not back down from a challenge.

I used to not back down from a challenge.