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Lisa Mason Quotes

born 1953 United States

Lisa Mason (born 1953) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and urban fantasy.

United States
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Science fiction authors
Short story writers

Random Lisa Mason quote

27 quotes

What is the value of a life when the world is burdened with twelve billion people?

The Golden Nineties (1995)

Prostitution has little to do with morality, and everything to do with poverty.

The Golden Nineties (1995)

If women go into politics, they’ll wind up as bad as men.

The Golden Nineties (1995)

The future survives because people care. Live responsibly or die.

The Golden Nineties (1995)

That’s what failure did to: run you out, plucked your bones, sucked you dry. It was revolting. A failed man is a loathsome thing.

The Golden Nineties (1995)

Consider impact before you consider benefit.

Summer of Love (1994)

To give is best, live responsibly or die.

Summer of Love (1994)

While leafy patterns and crystalline order were nature’s dusty and mysterious way, chaos was humanity’s true predilection.

Arachne (1990)

By the time people could speak about mandatory population control in a rational way, it was too late.

Summer of Love (1994)

Legality of the acquisition is sustained by virtue of sustained illegality. To wit: adverse possession.

Arachne (1990)

You are either the man in the white coat or you are the monkey. Susan sees herself as the monkey.

Summer of Love (1994)

The technopolistic plutocracy will dump pollutants into the atmosphere for another century on the grounds that compliance with limits is too expensive.

Summer of Love (1994)

In the beginning and the end, it’s all a crapshoot. The Cosmic Mind does play dice. Loves to gamble, in fact.

Summer of Love (1994)

She’s got space. Lots of space in her house. What about in her heart?

Summer of Love (1994)

What is destiny for any human being? What becomes of probabilities that collapse out of the timeline? Does destiny depend on who witnesses?

The Golden Nineties (1995)

Since they were little, wishing on the first star of the evening, they both understood this: the most exciting game in life is to invent yourself.

Summer of Love (1994)

You earned your place in society; anything conferred without commensurate effort was ultimately worthless.

Arachne (1990)

Since when has mental illness ever interfered with superstardom? Since when has delusion impeded huge fame?

Junk does that. Junk is a forge. You enter the fire and come out twisted.

Summer of Love (1994)

“Acid,” says the guy with the eyes, “raises your powers of integration so that everything is important.”
“Acid,” says Chiron, “lowers your powers of discrimination so that everything seems important.”

Summer of Love (1994)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lisa Mason (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.