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Quote by Elizabeth Moon

“I used to not back down from a challenge.”

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Elizabeth Moon is an American science fiction author born on March 7, 1945. Her works are known for their deep themes and complex characters, spanning multiple subgenres of science fiction, including space opera, military science fiction, and post-apocalyptic worlds. more

“Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable.”

“Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.”

Assuming Response Wit Sensible Pertinent Pertinent Questions

Book:Rhialto the Marvellous

Source: Rhialto the Marvellous

“This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit or multiplex, but always of a crystalline serenity.”

Art Fall Elements Serenity Equations Chords Explicit Symmetry

Book:Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)

Source: Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)

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