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And introvert is one of the harmless scientific terms he used to use when he was really writing about witches.

— Jack Williamson Darker Than You Think (1948)

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Human knowledge is never entirely consistent or complete, because the human brain is only a crude and transient mass of watery cells, error-prone and glacier-slow.

The Humanoid Universe (1980)

Human belief is seldom related to truth.

The Humanoid Universe (1980)

SF still appeals to the young, as always, because so much of it is set in the futures in which they will be living.

Will Academe Kill SF? (1978)

Accelerating change has become almost the first fact of life.

Will Academe Kill SF? (1978)

Conquerors live by conquest; the first failure is a signal for the conquered to rise against them.

Star Bridge (1955)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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