Quotes by James Tiptree Jr.

James Tiptree Jr.

I am one of those that always get accidentally guillotined when the Great Day of Liberation comes, because … I guess … I am full of parentheses. Revolutions can’t abide parentheses.

Great Day

Liberation

Revolution

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

Exhausted

Gears

Teaching

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

Hero

Horse

Purpose

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

Firsts

Occupation

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

Animal

Dream

Men

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

People

Secret

Tears

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.

Mind

Talking

Way

You can understand why a system would seek information – but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?

Communication

Doe

Information

You know, exams are like war — the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.

Birth Rate

Ideas

War

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Absolutes

Animal

Argument

Army

Beats

Becoming

Birth Rate

Chance

Communication

Crazy

Dangerous

Doe

Dream

Evil

Exhausted

Extremes

Fighting

Firsts

Gears

Girl

Good And Evil

Goodness

Great Day

Growth

Gun

Hero

Hope

Horse

Husband

Ideas

Ifs

Information

Laughter

Liberation

Men

Mind

Occupation

People

Personality

Purpose

Real

Revolution

Secret

Simple

Suspects

Talking

Teaching

Tears

Voltage

Vulnerability

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Quotes by James Tiptree Jr.

James Tiptree Jr.

I am one of those that always get accidentally guillotined when the Great Day of Liberation comes, because … I guess … I am full of parentheses. Revolutions can’t abide parentheses.

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

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

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

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

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.

You can understand why a system would seek information – but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?

You know, exams are like war — the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.

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