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I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.
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As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor
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Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.
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A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry--even if he is at a convenient height for it.
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I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.
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A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
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This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.
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One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know." He took a delicate sip of his wine. "Was bisexual," she corrected absently, looking fondly across the room. "Now he's monogamous." Vordarian choked, sputtering.
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I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.
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Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.
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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.
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Mia Maz glanced aside in concern at his muffled snort. "Are you all right?" "Yes. Sorry," he whispered. "I'm just having an attack of limericks." Her eyes widened, and she bit her lip; only her deepening dimple betrayed her. "Shhh," she said, with feeling.
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The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And then do it.
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Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.
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A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the delight of its users did that.
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One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.
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Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.
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From fried witchetty grubs to gold-plated turnips, when you're a writer you never know what's going to appear on your plate next. It keeps a woman alert, it does.
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Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.
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You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.
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I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.
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The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
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I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.
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Oh, was that liquor of yours a stimulant?" asked Elena. "I wondered why he didn't fall asleep." "Couldn't you tell?" chuckled Mayhew. "Not really." Miles twisted his head to take in Elena's upside-down worried face, and smile in weak reassurance. Sparkly black and purple whirlpools clouded his vision. Mayhew's laughter faded. "My God," he said hollowly, "you mean he's like that all the time?
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