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Joan D. Vinge quotes: Yes, she made me love her. But she didn't mean to. She took by giving ... and that makes all the difference.

Yes, she made me love her. But she didn't mean to. She took by giving ... and that makes all the difference.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Jule was a poet - poetry was like psi, she said, like thought, a thing that compressed images to essence.

Jule was a poet - poetry was like psi, she said, like thought, a thing that compressed images to essence.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Maybe everything we do is meaningless. But we have to try, don't we? We have to go on looking for justice ... and settling for revenge.

Maybe everything we do is meaningless. But we have to try, don't we? We have to go on looking for justice ... and settling for revenge.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything ... and not doing it only because you can.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything ... and not doing it only because you can.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: He is afraid, as suddenly he knows that he was afraid all along, that if he felt her body so close to him he would never let her go.

He is afraid, as suddenly he knows that he was afraid all along, that if he felt her body so close to him he would never let her go.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: All [people] are intolerant ... Only they're intolerant of different things.

All [people] are intolerant ... Only they're intolerant of different things.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning.

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time.

What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.

Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.

Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: All medical men are voyeurs. Why else would they become doctors? Except for the sadists, of course, who simply enjoy the blood and the pain.

All medical men are voyeurs. Why else would they become doctors? Except for the sadists, of course, who simply enjoy the blood and the pain.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you ... just let me love you now.

It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you ... just let me love you now.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Sometimes she talked like a poet; she made a little joke of it, so that you wouldn't mind.

Sometimes she talked like a poet; she made a little joke of it, so that you wouldn't mind.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Everything changes, today's tears are tomorrow's absurdities, after all.

Everything changes, today's tears are tomorrow's absurdities, after all.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: You've made her so beautiful; when she's come to take your life away.

You've made her so beautiful; when she's come to take your life away.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

Joan D. Vinge quotes: Learn to be - gentle with them. Learn that ... that gentleness isn't ... weakness.

Learn to be - gentle with them. Learn that ... that gentleness isn't ... weakness.