Lisa Mason Quotes
born 1953 United States
Lisa Mason (born 1953) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and urban fantasy.
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Cosmicists speak of the Great Good, equalizing humanity with all creatures and things. Does a cosmicist accept the death of a child as the same as—say—the destruction of a butterfly? Suppose it’s a rare butterfly and the child is one of twelve billion.
The Golden Nineties (1995)
Big Mama made a living at activism, a point her son liked to remind her of later. Not a tremendous living. Poverty level, in fact. But steady poverty beat the hell out of steady homelessness.
Arachne (1990)
When you finally cash it in
Out in Frisco;
And you end this life of sin
Out in Frisco;
They will gently toll a bell,
Plant your carcass in a dell,
There’s no need to go to hell,
You’re in Frisco.
The Golden Nineties (1995)
Oh yes, she’d seen it a thousand times. The latest of the latest, only to be bested and replaced by the latest still. A thousand times; and Pr. Spinner was only ten years old. Ten years, bot. Ten years was an eternity for AI.
Arachne (1990)
The girl with her face. A Devolved Entity Manifested from the Other Now? A demon that wants to off her? It’s like the rumors of concentration camps. So weird she can’t believe it, and so plausible she can’t afford to disbelieve it.
Summer of Love (1994)
He uncorks the absinthe, pours three rounds.…
“After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. After the third, you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world.”
The Golden Nineties (1995)
“Boredom,” he says, “is the province of the unimaginative soul.”
The Golden Nineties (1995)