Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the...

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the...

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

Laughter is by definition healthy

Laughter is by definition healthy

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...