Quotes from Julian May

You have always been alone, always self-centered and fearful of opening yourself to other persons, for to do so is to risk rejection and pain. But it is a risk we are born to take, we humans. We cannot live alone, cannot find happiness or peace alone, cannot love alone. The person alone must always be fleeing, always searching. He flees from the loneliness without end. He searches, whether he will or not, for another who will fill his emptiness.

Only those who are bereaved of all joy in this present world may take refuge in the shadows of the past.

They say nothing!" the little captain raged. "They only putrid gunner, ship engineer. I, Ba-Karkar, must speak for all!" Ogu kicked him again. "Then ask what kind help Asahel wants, untranslatable epithet male. Or no more untranslatable for you! Never again in putrid boomer prison." Her husband gave a choked gasp. "Cruel female!" "No more sex, either," she added.

There are often evolutionary parallels on the different worlds because creation tends to be economical.

Out to sea, the calm lagoon waters were darkening, while the comets overhead glowed brighter, omens in the gloaming.

There's a little known virtue called magnificence: an unostentatious liberality of expenditure in doing good.

Questions swirled in my brain like terrified bait minnows in a bucket.

Adam offered a car key. 'Take my little red Honda. It's parked out front. When you finish with it, just tell it to go home. Don't be deceived by its modest appearance. It's fully shielded and equipped with enough gadgetry to tempt the ghost of James Bond.' 'Can it makes a vente triple-shot no-foam latte?' 'In a New York minute.' Ef took the key, kissed it, and headed for the front door.

Its front porch had a beautiful view of the water and invisible screening to keep the jellybugs and stinkmoths at bay. I wove mats for the floors and painted sincere, klutzy seascapes for the walls. Piece by piece I assembled chef-quality cooking equipment, learned how to use it, and achieved a state of domestic competence that would have astounded my long-suffering ex-wife, Joanna.

When creativity is frustrated or warped, the effect upon the possessor and the environment can be appalling, because creativity's flip side is destruction.

There's a little known virtue called magnificence: an unostentatious liberality of expenditure in doing good. You would deny me the practice of it. Mierda! I should have left you on the comet.

What's your usual gig?" "Physical fitness coach. I find it rather humdrum. Your assignment will be a welcome break in the quotidian ennui.

We believe that all living things – humans, animals, trees, grasses – are essentially brothers and sisters

You're somethin' else, Hel. Know that? Dodged the sea toad, got rescued off that damned comet, bisected ol' Bron Elgar like a bagel out there on Cravat ... How the hell you get away from those damn fish down in the Glory Hole? Man, you got more lives than a New York alleycat.

Megalomaniacs like Alistair Drummond have become emperors and führers, served by underlings who never questioned their most irrational orders.

As for the fate of the travelers, they were all doomed in one way or another anyhow.

Kindly and firmly, she refused to sleep with me. Not even a charity fuck.

The Jeep windshield was doing its damnedest to stay clear, but the amount of water flowing over it threatened to overwhelm the ionizer.

We've about come to the end of the line in this friendly enemies routine. Fair warning.

laughed out loud.

Isn't biblical Eden an ambivalent symbol? It seems to me that the myth simply shows us that self-awareness and intelligence are perilous. And they can be deadly. But consider the alternative to the Tree of Knowledge. Would anyone want innocence at such a price?

A change of heart isn't really sufficient recompense for a great sin. It has to be affirmed by some kind of repentant action or the mind can't purge the guilt, and if we try to deny this, then the soul finds its own penance.

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