“Death can be hastened but never shared.”
Part 4, “Star of Stone” - Chapter 1 (p. 165)
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A Door into Ocean
A Door into Ocean is a 1986 feminist science fiction novel by Joan Slonczewski. The novel shows themes of ecofeminism and nonviolent revolution, combined with Slonczewski's own mastery of knowledge in the field of biology.
“A thousand fools believe a lie, and it’s good as truth.”
Part 1, “Ashore” - Chapter 5 (p. 28)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
““Magic is nonsense.”
“Magic is anything you don’t understand.””
Part 3, Chapter 3 (p. 128)
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Part 2, “A Door Into Ocean” - Chapter 4 (p. 71)
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“Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.”
Part 3, “When the Sea Swallows” - Chapter 3 (p. 128)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
“A life postponed too long might never be lived.”
Part 2, Chapter 9 (p. 111)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
“There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.”
Part 4, Chapter 11 (p. 204)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
Part 3, Chapter 4 (p. 134)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
“You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.”
Part 5, Chapter 6 (p. 239)
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Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 95)
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““I can’t change what I am ovenight.”
“Nor can I. And yet, one can’t stop changing, either.””
Part 6, Chapter 16 (p. 368)
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“Death hastens those who hasten death.”
Part 5, “Night of Cinnabar” - Chapter 1 (p. 217)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
“If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.”
Part 6, “The Last Door” - Chapter 15 (p. 363)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
Part 5, Chapter 8 (p. 247)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 95)
A Door into Ocean (1986)
