Laura Anne Gilman quotes

Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere. (Laura Anne Gilman)
Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
Call it not paranoia, but caution. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
The Sin Washer had died centuries ago, and His legacy seemed often to be in the accumulation of connections and power more than the distribution of emotional or spiritual ease. She kept that thought to herself. Wisdom came in many forms, and silence was often the most useful. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
He is not bound so tightly by tradition that he will refuse a good idea simply for it being new, and not so wild that he would take a bad idea simply because it is new. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
Any change in routine was terrifying, even if it involved less violence rather than more. View quote
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And still, the more he learned, the more he became aware that he did not know. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
That is the danger of an idea, Jerzy. Once planted, you cannot control where the roots may go. View quote
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He checked, of course. Being sure and being willing to risk that surety against his future were not the same thing. View quote
Laura Anne Gilman
Talent alone is not enough. In the end, Guardian, it is desire that creates a master vintner, makes him into a Vineart. A passion, not for power, or strength, but for the grapes themselves. Anything else leads to ruin. (Laura Anne Gilman)