Hugoed Quotes & Sayings

If I could do anything in my life and be remembered for anything, I would like to be remembered for helping the world see the value of physical engagement with ideas. — Margaret Wertheim

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. — Gail Sheehy

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise. — John Calvin

Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can't feed themselves without getting sued for patent violations? — Daniel Suarez

I feign knowledge of writing: that I know something about it, that I should have learned something after all these years, that I might know something tomorrow.
I read too much and write too little, or write too much and live too little. I have no classical education, no literary degree. I'm not specialized, Hugoed or geniusized; should I be writing at all?
In this whole vast world, I'm a female peon sitting here at night wondering what it is I want to say. I aim for fluidity. But no, nix that line, that thought, this life. That's the crux of it, isn't it? This life: it's out of reach. I'm not sure what I'm saying anymore. — Chila Woychik

God has already provided all you need to live this one day His way! — Elizabeth George