Quotes by Joan D. Vinge

Joan D. Vinge

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

Clear

Memories

Results

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

Different

Different Things

People

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.

Queens

Snow

World

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

Anthropology

Fiction

Past

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.

Inspiration

Queens

Writing

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?

Age

Woe

Worry

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Reading

Science

Writing

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.

Doe

Matter

Our Society

But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?” “Indifference.” Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. “Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don’t stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn’t act, it allows. And that’s what gives it so much power.

Giving

Hate

Stronger

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

Safe

Stealing

Worry

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Abandon

Age

Ancestor

Anthropology

Asking

Balance

Behavior

Body

Born

Break Up

Can Do

Change

Character

Civilization

Clear

Comfort

Contradiction

Culture

Different

Different Things

Doe

Dream

Earth

Ecosystems

Eye

Facts

Fear Of The Unknown

Fiction

Forever

Free Lunch

Girl

Giving

Goddess

Hate

Heart

Hero

Humans

Immortality

Inspiration

Kind

Knowing

Land

Levels

Liars

Long

Love

Love You

Lunch

Matter

Mean

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Quotes by Joan D. Vinge

Joan D. Vinge

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

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

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.

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

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.

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?

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

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.

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

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