I didn't want to be treated like a 'star. ' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).
Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.
A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.
Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by his first contact with a culture that does.
What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to get the coin to make more children. " She paused. "Adults sell themselves.
In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there is no such thing as a secret.
While Dawn worked two jobs to meet ends, her son was busy cutting school and hanging with his friends.
Forever is comprised of nows.
Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected.
I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared [to register to vote] - but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember.