
"Putting It Together" p. 6
The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)
The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019
"Putting It Together" p. 6
The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)
“Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.”
As quoted in "Homage to Imelda's shoes" at BBC News (16 February 2001)).
“All living things are afraid to die.”
"No, you're exactly wrong, the only truly alive beings are those unafraid to die."
Neverness (1988)
“All things living are in search of a better world.”
Preface
In Search of a Better World (1984)
“Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living.”
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Context: With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols for things. One will live. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that's all.”
Oscar Wilde, p. 1
They Both Die at the End (2017)