Quotes by Joan D. Vinge

About Joan D. Vinge:

Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books.
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Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.

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Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones?

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These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

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A szépsége még mindig ugyanúgy lenyűgözte Kait, mint fiúkorában, bár nem a ruhái élénk színe, és ne is gyönyörű finoman metszett arca ejtette rabul a szívét, olyan szerelmet ébresztve benne, amely aztán évekig életben tartotta ...

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Van egy hely túl életen és halálon, Ahol az égen nincs felhő, és a folyók vize tiszta. Emlékezz rám, és ott rád találok.

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Aztán valahol a végtele kékségben két lélek útjai keresztezik egymást... ő pedig úgy veszi majd észre egy idegen szemében a saját szíve tükörképét, mint búvár a tenger árnyai közt a gyöngyöt... és akkor tudni fogja, hogy vég...

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To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.

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We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.

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I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope is engrossing enough to keep the reader a willing participant.

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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

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

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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.

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Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

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I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.

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Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.

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

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameJoan D. Vinge
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornApril 2, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
  • WorksThe Snow Queen