James Tiptree Jr. quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by James Tiptree Jr.

James Tiptree Jr. Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from James Tiptree Jr. on Wise Famous Quotes.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Are you . . . a policeman?""No. They'll be along shortly, I expect. Public suicide's a felony."". . . I'm sorry.

Are you . . . a policeman?"
"No. They'll be along shortly, I expect. Public suicide's a felony."
". . . I'm sorry.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Briefly he has lived in a dream more real than all his miserable life.

Briefly he has lived in a dream more real than all his miserable life.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: With your hand controlling all the input and your eye reading all the response you can make them a god . . . and somebody'll do the same for you.

With your hand controlling all the input and your eye reading all the response you can make them a god . . . and somebody'll do the same for you.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Nothing but the effects of dust and vapor in the thin skin of air whereupon she crawls wingless.

Nothing but the effects of dust and vapor in the thin skin of air whereupon she crawls wingless.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: The only way I can possibly heat my so-called mind up to working temperature is to imagine I'm talking to someone I admire.

The only way I can possibly heat my so-called mind up to working temperature is to imagine I'm talking to someone I admire.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.

I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.

Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: I dreamed horse and lived horse and expected, if necessary, to marry a horse; for all practical purposes I was a horse.

I dreamed horse and lived horse and expected, if necessary, to marry a horse; for all practical purposes I was a horse.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat.

Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Absolutes are absolutely dangerous ...

Absolutes are absolutely dangerous ...

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: I have a cold mind and a warm heart, whereas most people have cold, troubled hearts and warm, muggy minds, which they mistake for sincere feelings.

I have a cold mind and a warm heart, whereas most people have cold, troubled hearts and warm, muggy minds, which they mistake for sincere feelings.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.

Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.

Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: I cannot teach if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have no middle gear.

I cannot teach
if I teach as teaching should be I become so exhausted I nearly die, I seem to have no middle gear.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Ahead lies only the irreversible long decline. For the first time we know there is nothing beyond ourselves.

Ahead lies only the irreversible long decline. For the first time we know there is nothing beyond ourselves.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: And here is our girl, looking If possible, worse than before. (You thought this was Cinderella transistorized?)

And here is our girl, looking
If possible, worse than before. (You thought this was Cinderella transistorized?)

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.

Good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Any chance beats no chance.

Any chance beats no chance.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Before he could lose courage he flung himself back and slammed his sleep-inducer to full theta.

Before he could lose courage he flung himself back and slammed his sleep-inducer to full theta.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: For dreams that never die.

For dreams that never die.

Well, what brand of water do you drink?"
"Just what was in the faucet, sir," says Delphi humbly. "I--I did try to boil it--"
"Good God.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.

All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.

James Tiptree Jr. quotes: Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.

Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.