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Octavia E. Butler
“If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do.”
Octavia E. Butler
tags: memory

Brandon Sanderson
“The world seemed quite willing to accept misunderstood artists, misunderstood thieves, and even peasants who dreamed of royalty. But nobody knew what to do with a misunderstood philologist. Other than run him out of town for bringing the dragons down on them.”
Brandon Sanderson, I Hate Dragons

Omar Khayyám
“Let not your soul in Sorrow's clasp be prest,
Nor let your days be filled with vain unrest;
The book, the loved one's lips and marge of mead
Forsake not ere Earth fold you in her breast.”
Omar Khayyám, Quatrains

“How unfair society was! Male employees had to pretend to be capable of doing things they couldn't do, while female employees had to pretend to be incapable of doing things they actually could do. Over the years, how many women had seen their talents magically disappearing in that way?”
Matsuda Aoko, Where the Wild Ladies Are

Ann Leckie
“If you're going to do something that crazy, save it for when it'll make a difference, Lieutenant Skaaiat had said, and I had agreed. I still agree.

The problem is knowing when what you are about to do will make a difference.”
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

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