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Human philosophy tends to shake down into values which might be categorizes as intellectual, religious, moral, and aesthetic.

— Dan Simmons The Fall of Hyperion (1990)

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“Gold,” says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.

The Fall of Hyperion (1990)

Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.

The Fall of Hyperion (1990)

The human mind gets used to strangeness very quickly if it does not exhibit interesting behavior.

The Rise of Endymion (1997)

If the universe has any soul, it is the soul of irony.

The Rise of Endymion (1997)

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.”

Hyperion (1989)

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

Martin Buber Power and Love (1926)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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