“I've always thought fairies are like mushrooms, you trip over them when you're not thinking about them, but they're hard to spot when you're searching for them.” ThinkingHardSpotsFairyMushrooms Book:Among Others Source: Among Others
“I don't need to be a radical to think that who a dragon is counts more than birth or wealth," Selendra said, with what dignity she could."Why, that's the very definition of a radical," he retorted.” ThinkingNeedsSaidWealthBirthDignityDefinitionsRadicalDragons Book:Tooth and Claw Source: Tooth and Claw
“I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half a twin and reading a lot and seeing fairies. It’s not just being outside when they’re all inside. I used to be inside. I think there’s a way I stand aside and look backwards at things when they’re happening which isn’t normal.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksMeanUsedReadingLevelsHalfSeeingNormalHappeningsFundamentalsUsed To BeFairyTwinsJust BeingBackwards Book:Among Others Source: Among Others
“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.” ThinkingWayLooksFictionScience FictionAngleMake You Think Book:Among Others Source: Among Others
“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasn’t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesn’t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.” ThinkingWorldLooksStillsEndsHappensCareLastsUnderstoodSavedGloriousSunsetLoanFrodoShireLast Stand Book:Among Others Source: Among Others
