The Wounded Sky Quotes

“If death is truly a curse,' Spock said, as soberly as some power pronouncing a hundred years of sleep, but with a glint of private, serene humor in his eyes. 'There is little logic in condemning something one has not experienced...or does not remember experiencing.”
― Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky

“—it was his business to help them play. He could think of nothing better to do with his life, for he knew that when they felt free to play, their souls showed; who they were came out more clearly than at almost any other time. And the more one got used to letting one’s self show, unafraid, the more joy came walking into one’s life. And then the Self showed itself still more—and the cycle continued, joy engendering joy, endless. He leaned on the wall, warm with the thought of what his work was freeing those around him to be. Then the matter-gain on the 4D chessboard across the room went out again in a scream of feedback, and he grinned and went off to find the sonic screwdriver, and a brush and dustpan for the pieces that had blown up— —”
― Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky

“It is a space, infinite in a sense mathematically transcending the Euclidean ‘flat infinity’ in that it is multidimensional.”
― Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky

“Lass, it still seems impossible. To alter a universe’s whole operating system just by sayin’ you want to—” “But Mt’gm’ry, there was at least one person I know of on your planet who used to do such things rather routinely. He codified one of the basic rules for the art: ‘Ask, and it shall be given unto you.’ An inspired creative physicist, way ahead of his time.”
― Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky