Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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I showed my magic to a civilian one time, and it got ugly.
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And at the last, a war between magic and science that would leave the world in ashes. At the center of all this were a man and a woman, who were still children now.
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If I could turn people into turtles, there would be turtles everywhere.
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“Oh,” Patricia said. “Then I’m a witch. I guess.” “Ah.” The eagle’s hooked beak clicked. “But you will have to prove it. Or both you and Dirrp will be punished.
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The only thing that makes life tolerable is that people forget all the stupid things I say as soon as I’ve finished saying them.
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Laurence felt a weird combination of shame and rage, as though he'd grown another new body part just in time to get punched in it.
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Actually, Laurence is hardly ever home; this is the first I’ve seen him in weeks. Which can only mean one thing: Red Dwarf marathon.
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...the scent of overpriced coffee was like the armpit of God.
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Worry is often a symptom of imperfect information.
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People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way that's harder to get in and understand what processes are going on.
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She already had enough people giving her shit for Aggrandizement, she didn’t need a friend who was sworn to tear her down.
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Under a brazen sky that proclaimed all the things we had thought our limits were merely our prejudices.
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If she ended, his life would go on, but his story would be over.
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Trust hipsters to make even the collapse of civilization unbearably twee.
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It just … makes serendipity happen more often.
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Discovering a new phobia was like the opposite of falling in love.
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Every human can be a wizard.
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Every time you solve a problem you’d cause another problem. And maybe all these plagues and droughts are nature’s way of striking a balance? We humans don’t have any natural predators left, so nature has to find other ways to handle us.
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Genres are like the surface of the ocean. There are waves and things moving, but you don't instantly see all the reefs and ecosystems that's happening beneath the surface.
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Greatest natural disaster in America’s history. The storm’s supermassive fetch, hurling the already-swollen ocean onto land. High winds and twenty inches of rain shredding Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. The President in a secure location.
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I mean, we're grown-ups now. Allegedly. And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we've grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled. I think it's probably healthy. I mean, little kids don't have to make decisions, unless something's very wrong. Maybe you can't make up your mind as easily, if you feel too much. You know?
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Laurence kept sneaking looks under the table at his propped-open copy of Have Space Suit - Will Travel. He was already halfway through the book.
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And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we’ve grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled.
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I remember you said, ‘The truth should hurt. Truth should knock you on your butt. Lies make it easy to stand.