A Door Into Ocean
A source page for quotes linked to Joan Slonczewski.
“Some things you can't just ask for. Freedom is one.”
“What use is hatred, except as a step toward love?”
“A thousand fools believe a lie, and it's good as truth.”
“A life postponed too long might never be lived.”
“Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.”
“Death can be hastened but never shared.”
“There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.”
“Death hastens those who hasten death.”
“You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.”
“If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.”
“They gave me eyes. All of you are beautiful; you shine like stars. But I must go away with them.”