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Samuel R. Delany quotes: I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was somewhere else, and it wasn't black. I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was somewhere else, and it wasn't black.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit. An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal. As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The past is what makes now like now makes tomorrow. The past is what makes now like now makes tomorrow.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: There is a sense of decency that's like a barometer to a man's or a country's health. There is a sense of decency that's like a barometer to a man's or a country's health.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Topologically, men and women are identical. Some things are just larger and more developed in one than the other and positioned differently. Topologically, men and women are identical. Some things are just larger and more developed in one than the other and positioned differently.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I suspect most of life takes place in the interstices of what's already been articulated. I suspect most of life takes place in the interstices of what's already been articulated.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: To live within the tethers of desire is - again and again - to be shocked at how far they have come loose from reason To live within the tethers of desire is - again and again - to be shocked at how far they have come loose from reason
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art. It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Rydra, when I look at the night and stars, it is only a passive act, but you are active even watching, and halo the stars with more luminous flame. Rydra, when I look at the night and stars, it is only a passive act, but you are active even watching, and halo the stars with more luminous flame.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It's a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectator's experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the artist's It's a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectator's experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the artist's
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Wind passed again; the iris shuddered about the diamond chip. Wind passed again; the iris shuddered about the diamond chip.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: He laughed. So you see, I'm not a nut. Not a real one, anyway. I haven't been a real nut in a long time. He laughed. So you see, I'm not a nut. Not a real one, anyway. I haven't been a real nut in a long time.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Things have made you what you are," she recited "What you are will make you what you will become. Things have made you what you are," she recited "What you are will make you what you will become.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: All life is a rhythm," she said as I sat up. "All death is a rhythm suspended, a syncopation before liferesumes. All life is a rhythm," she said as I sat up. "All death is a rhythm suspended, a syncopation before life
resumes.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The problem isn't to learn to love humanity, but to learn to love those members of it who happen to be at hand. The problem isn't to learn to love humanity, but to learn to love those members of it who happen to be at hand.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: She cut through worlds, and joined them - that's the important part - so that both became bigger. She cut through worlds, and joined them - that's the important part - so that both became bigger.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I do not say, however, that every delusion or wandering of the mind should be called madness. Erasmus of Rotterdam, The Praise of Folly There I do not say, however, that every delusion or wandering of the mind should be called madness. Erasmus of Rotterdam, The Praise of Folly There
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Pain ... after you've lived with it long enough, isn't pain anymore. It's something else. Pain ... after you've lived with it long enough, isn't pain anymore. It's something else.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Bear in mind that the novelno matter how intimate, psychological, or subjectiveis always an historical projection of its own time. Bear in mind that the novel
no matter how intimate, psychological, or subjective
is always an historical projection of its own time.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: They were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice. They were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently. I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: If you are to stay in the good graces of the powerful, you had best, however unobtrusively, please the servants of the powerful. If you are to stay in the good graces of the powerful, you had best, however unobtrusively, please the servants of the powerful.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Most people here have spent most of their time someplace else. You learn Most people here have spent most of their time someplace else. You learn
Samuel R. Delany quotes: From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer. From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: To the extent that the short story is an art, Sturgeon is the American short-story writer. To the extent that the short story is an art, Sturgeon is the American short-story writer.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: In the cups, one after another, glistening disks rose, black without translucence. In the cups, one after another, glistening disks rose, black without translucence.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Bellona used to be a pretty good town. Bellona used to be a pretty good town.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I heard Bellona was where it was at. It must be, now. I'm here. I heard Bellona was where it was at. It must be, now. I'm here.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Down, everybody! Down on all fours! We're going to show you our new step! Like this: just swing your up and - Down, everybody! Down on all fours! We're going to show you our new step! Like this: just swing your up and -
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it! The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Breathing is a fascinating thing to watch in a woman. Breathing is a fascinating thing to watch in a woman.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It's only ... when we're stripped of purpose that we know who we are. It's only ... when we're stripped of purpose that we know who we are.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I am in terror of the infinity before me, having come through the one behind bringing no knowledge I can take on. I am in terror of the infinity before me, having come through the one behind bringing no knowledge I can take on.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: If people are busy living out myths you don't like, leave them to it. If people are busy living out myths you don't like, leave them to it.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Reality must prove itself again and again to questioners ... it is the fantasy which goes on without contradiction, without having to prove itself. Reality must prove itself again and again to questioners ... it is the fantasy which goes on without contradiction, without having to prove itself.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: You give me so much pleasure, why should I ever want to hurt you? You give me so much pleasure, why should I ever want to hurt you?
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles. The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Everything in a science-fiction novel should be mentioned at least twice (in at least two different contexts). Everything in a science-fiction novel should be mentioned at least twice (in at least two different contexts).
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Suggestion is a literary strategy. Suggestion is a literary strategy.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: You can be bored with anything if you try hard enough. You can be bored with anything if you try hard enough.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Endings to be useful must be inconclusive. Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It is easier to argue that something nobody believes in actually exists than it is to argue that something everybody believes in is unreal. It is easier to argue that something nobody believes in actually exists than it is to argue that something everybody believes in is unreal.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The emblem of a philosophy is not that it contains a set of specific thoughts , but that it generates a way of thinking. The emblem of a philosophy is not that it contains a set of specific thoughts , but that it generates a way of thinking.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Bitch, on that world, was what men called women they were extremely fond of or extremely displeased with when the woman was not there. Bitch, on that world, was what men called women they were extremely fond of or extremely displeased with when the woman was not there.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed. Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city ... Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city ...
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The General Public is a statistical fiction created by a few exceptional men to make the loneliness of being exceptional a little easier to bear. The General Public is a statistical fiction created by a few exceptional men to make the loneliness of being exceptional a little easier to bear.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom
Samuel R. Delany quotes: In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next. In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: He shrugged. Confusion was like struggling to find the proper way to sit inside his skin. He shrugged. Confusion was like struggling to find the proper way to sit inside his skin.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: This parched evening seasons the night with remembrances of rain. This parched evening seasons the night with remembrances of rain.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes. Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: If you are angle, I am complement. If you are circle, I am circumscribed. If you are angle, I am complement. If you are circle, I am circumscribed.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening. Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off. I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The truth is always multiplex. The truth is always multiplex.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: You do not need an identity to become yourself; you need an identity to become -like- someone else. You do not need an identity to become yourself; you need an identity to become -like- someone else.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: 'Dhalgren' is the kind of book in which you can look for pretty much anything you want. I tried to put as much into it as I could at the 'Dhalgren' is the kind of book in which you can look for pretty much anything you want. I tried to put as much into it as I could at the time.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Discourse says, 'You are.' Rhetoric preserves the freedom to say, 'I am not. Discourse says, 'You are.' Rhetoric preserves the freedom to say, 'I am not.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: He wanted to talk and had nothing to say. He wanted to talk and had nothing to say.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The rich are always enamored of the ancient. The rich are always enamored of the ancient.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Spending practically every minute of your day on pure survival is an absolutely boring life. Spending practically every minute of your day on pure survival is an absolutely boring life.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Linguistics is very much a science. It's a human science, one of the human sciences. And it's one of the more interesting human sciences. Linguistics is very much a science. It's a human science, one of the human sciences. And it's one of the more interesting human sciences.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It's easy to repeat; it's hard to speak, It's easy to repeat; it's hard to speak,
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Jo, you're you. And that's as important as you want to make it. Jo, you're you. And that's as important as you want to make it.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Presumptuous bastard,' Tak said. 'Sunset? He might at least wait and see if there's a tomorrow morning. Presumptuous bastard,' Tak said. 'Sunset? He might at least wait and see if there's a tomorrow morning.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Ambition like a liquid ruby stains. Ambition like a liquid ruby stains.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: So howled out for the world to give him a name.The indark answered with wind. So howled out for the world to give him a name.
The indark answered with wind.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Human beings being what they are, order spreads, given half a chance, almost as fast as confusion. Human beings being what they are, order spreads, given half a chance, almost as fast as confusion.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: It is not that I have no past. Rather, it continually fragments on the terrible and vivid ephemera of now. It is not that I have no past. Rather, it continually fragments on the terrible and vivid ephemera of now.
Samuel R. Delany quotes: Will sex between humans ever lose its endlessly repeated history? Will sex between humans ever lose its endlessly repeated history?
Samuel R. Delany quotes: The dawn of space travel is the dawn of woman. The dawn of space travel is the dawn of woman.

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