“It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books.”
Quote by Michael Swanwick
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Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author known for his unique imagination and profound insights into the relationship between technology and humanity. His works cover a wide range of science fiction themes, including time travel, artificial intelligence, and space exploration. more
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“Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.”
“All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.”
“There is a love of wood, as of other things that do not answer to our touch.”
Source: Glimmering
“What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard.”
“For a sorcerer, reality, or the world as we all know it, is only a description.”
“To the critical intelligence, nothing is left of absolute reality.”
Source: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology
“Belief is a good thing in principle, but an annoying thing in human beings.”
Source: The Secret of Life: Commonsense Advice for the Uncommon Woman
“Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.”
Source: The Robot Who Looked Like Me: Stories