“We live in a world of wars and wars alarms, of famines, of oppression. While there are many wonderful people in this world, you'll notice one curious fact about them, they all suffer, they all die, and sometimes those who are the nicest seem to suffer the most.” PeopleWorldInspirationalWarSometimesFactsSeemsSufferingDiesWonderfulThis WorldBuddhismOppressionCuriousAlarmsFamine Author:Frederick Lenz
“Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation.” KindStoriesSeemsDiesWonderfulGenerationsRefuseVampireLengthShort StoryOur GenerationTenacious Author:Neil Gaiman
“Anyone who has read Yeats's wonderful Autobiography will remember his Sligo shabby, shadowed, half country and half sea, full of confused romance, superstition, poverty, eccentricity, unrecognized anachronism, passion and ignorance and the little boy's misery. Yeats was treated well but was bitterly unhappy; he prayed that he would die, and used often to say to himself: "When you are grown up, never talk as grown-up people do of the happiness of childhood.” PeopleWellsLittlesCountryRememberRomanceUsedDiesPassionHalfBoysPovertyWonderfulSeaChildhoodIgnoranceMiseryUnhappyTreatedConfusedSuperstitionsAutobiographyLittle BoysEccentricityShabbyYeatsAnachronism Author:Randall Jarrell
“I suppose that literature as it is won't die, science fiction included. But games are becoming an extremely important part of the science fiction world, including games that are adapted from books (or vice versa: books that are adapted from games). It's wonderful to have the opportunity to play and see your favorite characters on the screen, but the opportunity to read a book does not become less attractive.” WorldDoeImportantBookPlayCharacterDiesLiteratureOpportunityGamesFictionWonderfulBecomingScience FictionIncludingVicesScreensAttractiveVice VersaAdaptedYour FavoriteFavorite Characters Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more. All of it cannot die.” KnowsFeelsBeautifulDiesWonderfulAfterlifeAnother Life Author:Kate Greenaway