Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation. - Michael Dirda

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So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

Michael Dirda

Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation.

Art, Extrapolation, Fiction, Science, Science Fiction

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Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance. . . (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. . . . In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.

Axes, Barbarians, Battle, Matters, Picture, Seeking

Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.

Complexity, Editing, Faithful, Message, Writing

The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.

Book, Library, Needs, Prowling, Wonderful

I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.

Essence, Grace, Humanism, Kindness, Thinking

In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein set out to showcase, in sometimes startling ways, the continuing relevance of a classic philosopher. But what's remarkable is that she actually brings off this tour de force with both madcap brilliance and commanding authority.

Actually, Commanding, Philosopher, Plato, Showcase, Way

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Kathy Acker

A language is the appearances of connections therefore language as in writing doesn't express anything: it creates.

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Gina Gershon

I think smart is sexy. I like smart people. People that are comfortable with themselves I think is very sexy. My cat is really sexy.

Cat, Like, People, Sexy, Smart, Think

Roald Dahl

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Thomas Jefferson

The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we wish it. Events may prove otherwise; and if they see their interest in separating why should we take sides? God bless them both, and keep them in union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better.

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Donal Logue

This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do a whole season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and do a year of plays. Most actors miss the days of live theater.

Bogus, College, Kids, Shakespeare, Sounds, Years