December 2009
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We have seen stranger things in dreams; and fictions are merely frozen dreams,...
– From the introduction to the SANDMAN “The Doll’s House”
November 2009
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Human beings are the creatures of desire. They twist and bend as I require it.
– Desire’s thoughts, in SANDMAN #16: “Lost Hearts”
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Prophecy and prescience — How can they be put to the test in the face of the...
– Private Reflections on Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan
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My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis...
– from Conversations with Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan
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We are generalists. You can’t draw neat lines around planet-wide problems....
– Pardot Kynes (Dune)
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Back to the TARDIS. Same old life.
– The Doctor
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A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the...
– The First Law of Mentat, quoted by Paul Atreides to Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam. (Dune)
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Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the...
– From Muad’Dib: Family Commentaries by the Princess Irulan (Dune)
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But there are laws. There are laws of time. Once upon a time there were people...
– The Doctor
[Waters of Mars]
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Thanksgiving Day
Today, is not a Black Friday for me. It is actually my real Thanksgiving Day. One year after the accident and I am alive. Thank God I am alive. Thank God for my Family: The natural one and the chosen one. Because spending this entire day with the family I’ve chosen in my heart is the best thing to make me notice how thankful I am. Thank you. ♥
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
– Isaac Asimov
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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and...
– Isaac Asimov