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There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A lot of people feel like urban fantasy is a shortcut that gets you around world-building, because it's set "in the real world." But it doesn't really work that way, as I found out. You have to come up with just as consistent an internal cosmology and magic system as you would if you were writing high fantasy. — Cassandra Clare

love
wounds me
with soft pillows
with tender lips
and fingers — Sanober Khan

Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst. — Rumi

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz. — Sonny Rollins

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible. — Ron Fournier

It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the importance of physics and math and, in many ways, to have that awe at exploration of the frontiers of the unknown. — Steve Jurvetson