Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all threads tie together in a neat bow and everything moves smoothly from one point to the next to the next. In real life, though... nothing makes sense. Bad things happen to good people. The pious die young while the wicked live until old age. War, famine, pestilence, death all occur randomly and senselessly and leave us more often than not scratching our heads and hurling the question 'why?' into a void that provides no answers.
If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up. - Peter David
If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.
- Peter David
Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur. - Peter David
Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.
In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title. - Peter David
In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title.
If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd g… - Peter David
If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd g…
To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you. - Peter David
To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all threads… - Peter David
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all threads…
There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point. - Peter David
There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.
We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born - Peter David
We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born
Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter. - Peter David
Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.
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