“We don’t,” she said, somewhat shamefaced. “But we learned to read, and once one can read, one can learn anything.”
Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 17, “Merdune Lagoon” (p. 272)
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“What was scheduled had no connection with what actually happened.”
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (1988), Chapter 6 (p. 67)
Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 11, “Various Visitations” (p. 174)
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 53, “We Margarets Walk” (p. 502)
“The place displayed luxury without comfort, ostentation without are. I hated it.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 44, “I Am Gretamara/On Chottem” (p. 398)
“Human worlds are always awash in superstition, only a stubborn elite proof against it.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 34, “I Am M’urgi/On B’Yurngrad” (p. 306)
I asked, somewhat offended.
She put her arm around me. “Forgive me, Gretamara, but your race as a whole has the unfailing habit of fouling its nest, killing its original planet, and doing its best to kill any others to which it is moved. Because we love and admire the human race for its many good qualities, we call this not ‘the human condition,’ meaning an irrevocable state, but ‘the human problem,’ one we wish to solve. The effort has gone on for some millennia, without result, and some of those involved in the effort are beginning to believe it is a waste of time and treasure.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 32, “I Am Gretamara/On Mars” (pp. 276-277)
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 32, “I Am Gretamara/On Mars” (p. 272)
“They learn nothing, for they’re convinced they know everything that matters.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 24, “I Am M’urgi/On B’Yurngrad” (p. 196)
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 14, “I Am Margaret/On Earth” (p. 114)
“The only thing rarer than louts who think is louts who read.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 13, “I Am Naumi/On Thairy” (p. 96)
“Of course, the governor says the man is mistaken.”
“Governor says he's a stupid ass,” muttered Haurvatat. “I think the man has a glitch in his software somewhere.”
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse (1989), Chapter 2 (p. 13)
“What kind of a universe would it be if we could not do small kindnesses for one another?”
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (1988), Chapter 17 (p. 123)
she demanded from the world at large.
“Software,” the hardware consultant opined.
“Hardware,” the software support person snarled.
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (1988), Chapter 5 (p. 51)
“Disillusionment, pain, unpleasant surprise, all were part of growing up.”
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (1988), Chapter 1 (p. 6)
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore (1985), Chapter 2 (p. 45)
“Perhaps my cynicism comes in good time. Better I have it early than too late.”
Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 8, “A Proposal and What Followed” (p. 139)
“It’s hard to talk like a human being when one hasn’t been treated like one for years!”
Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 7, “Aufors Leys” (p. 106)
Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 2, “The Library” (p. 48)
“For those impervious to history, only sterilization and quarantine are efficacious.”
Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 53, “We Margarets Walk” (p. 507)