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April 4, 2014

Quote – Fiction is Other Universes

“What we call fiction are actually other universes , real places with real people in them. Every writer, every artist, knows that feeling when the images, the words, just flow; when you feel less like creator and more like a conduit, when something is being expressed through you instead of by you. When that happens, you’ve become a channel for...

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March 30, 2014

Quote – Thoughts are Powerful!

“Because thoughts are powerful. Thoughts and ideas change people, change the world.” -Brett Savory – In and Down (Brindle & Glass, 2007)

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March 23, 2014

Quote – Fluid past, Other Truths

“I believed in a fluid past where all possibilities were just as likely, just as true.” -Claude Lalumiere – The Door to Lost Pages (ChiZine Publications, 2011)

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March 17, 2014

Quote – Solitude Versus Loneliness

“Solitude can be a good thing sometimes, when you require quiet time to catch up on your thoughts and sort them, like sugar being sifted through a sieve. There’s a difference between solitude and being lonely though. The first one depicts self-sufficiency as you set out along your own path without company. The other denotes a variety of emotions, all...

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March 11, 2014

Quote – Tangled in a Web of Stories

“After our birth and before our death, we spin a web of stories so intricate that it’s easy to become tangled within it.” -Scott Fotheringham – The Rest is Silence (Goose Lane Editions, 2012)

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March 6, 2014

Quote- Envying Freedom

“The best revenge is making them envy your freedom.” -James Alan Gardner – Expendable (Avon, 1997)

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March 2, 2014

Quote- Leave People Thinking You Have Special Powers

“When someone thinks you have special powers, it’s best to let them go on thinking that.” -William Kowalski – Just Gone (Raven Books, 2013)  

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February 27, 2014

Quote – Rather Dream Than Live by Roles of Others

“We would all rather dream than live by the roles of anyone else.” -S.M. Beiko – The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 2013)

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February 23, 2014

Quote – Lies in Fiction an Effective Way to Tell Emotional Truths

“I think their stories are what got me writing. First in journals, accounts as truthful as I could make them, then as stories where actuality is stretched and manipulated, because the lies in fiction are such an effective way to tell emotional truths.” -Charles de Lint – The Fields Beyond the Fields. In The Very Best of Charles de Lint....

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February 19, 2014

Quote – Finding Out – The Spirit of Science Fiction

“’Don’t you want to find out?’”… that’s the spirit of science fiction.” -Jo Walton – Among Others (TOR, 2010)

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