Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom, but always a little fight going on too. There is no way I can be peacefully happy in this society and in this skin. I am committed to Uneasy Street. I like it; it is my idea that this street leads to the future, and that I am being true to a way of life which is not here yet, but is more real than what is here.
All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter. - James Tiptree Jr.
All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.
- James Tiptree Jr.
Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial. - James Tiptree Jr.
Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.
Did you ever look into the personalities of male cooks, Army, logging camp, etc.? They're all supposed to be crazy, incomprehensible, contemptible. A… - James Tiptree Jr.
Did you ever look into the personalities of male cooks, Army, logging camp, etc.? They're all supposed to be crazy, incomprehensible, contemptible. A…
I am one of those that always get accidentally guillotined when the Great Day of Liberation comes, because ... I guess ... I am full of parentheses. … - James Tiptree Jr.
I am one of those that always get accidentally guillotined when the Great Day of Liberation comes, because ... I guess ... I am full of parentheses. …
Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat. - James Tiptree Jr.
Passing in any crowd are secret people whose hidden response to beauty is the desire to tear it into bleeding meat.
You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refus… - James Tiptree Jr.
You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refus…
Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him. - James Tiptree Jr.
Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.
Any chance beats no chance. - James Tiptree Jr.
Any chance beats no chance.
I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation. - James Tiptree Jr.
I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.
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