Fantastika Quotes & Sayings

Have you paused to consider that there is no way out? Each way out of one situation necessarily being the way into another situation. — Russell Hoban

Ladies sheltering behind men, men sheltering behind servants - the whole system's wrong, and she must challenge it. — E. M. Forster

He had never known a "kind woman friend" in his native parts. He had not had the time to fall in love. — Victor Hugo

You want a mate who will follow your dream. You don't want to give up your own ambitions to make someone else's life possible.'
'I supposed that's true,' Althea admitted reluctantly. An instant later she demanded, 'Why is that so wrong?'
'It isn't,' Amber assured her, A moment later she added wickedly, 'As long as you're male. — Robin Hobb

When changes are not converted to new habits, it takes conscious effort to continue performing the changed behavior. Willpower, which drives proper behavior that has not yet become a habit, is like a — Kyle Havill

I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan. — Stephen Root

Quite often, intent on conveying how things can go wrong for a culture (science fiction) or an individual (horror) or all of magical creation (fantasy), works of fantastika often preclude comedy, because humor gets in the way of messages of doom or struggle. — Paul Di Filippo

How harmful overspecialization is. It cuts knowledge at a million points and leaves it bleeding. — Isaac Asimov

Being broke didn't seem so awful as it had yesterday, being broke but being at peace with the world.
("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight") — Cornell Woolrich

The gospel we preach must not be just something we hear from men or read from books or even conceived through our meditation. Unless it is delivered to us by God, it can serve no spiritual utility. — Watchman Nee

Hope is a demon. It convinces you to believe in something better, persuades you the outcome will be favorable, and whispers eagerly in your ear that the miracle you so desperately need will happen. Then it crushes you. Hope only leaves you fallen and bleeding in its aftermath, nothing more than a pile of misery and desolation. — Laura Kreitzer

It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz. — Archie Shepp