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We are all born with a unique ...

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.

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But our society does not grant...

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.

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Beyond that, I seem to be comp...

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

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These days too many of us seem...

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

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Beyond that, I seem to be comp...

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

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It doesn't matter. I'm not ask...

It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.

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As for the historical inspirat...

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones.

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But what force in the galaxy i...

But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?' 'Indifference.' Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. 'Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.

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Besides, wouldn't it be wonder...

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones?

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There's more to me, more to th...

There's more to me, more to the universe, than I suspected. Room for all the dreams I ever had, and all the nightmares...heroes in the gutters and in the mirror; saints in the frozen wasteland; fools and liars on the throne of wisdom, and hands reaching out in hunger that will never be filled.

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To be alive was to be disappoi...

To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.

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Indifference is the strongest ...

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

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Myth is, after all, the nevere...

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

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Theres no such thing as a free...

Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

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The futures and ultimate fates...

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.

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Archaeology is the anthropolog...

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

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Life scars us with its random ...

Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.

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Don't worry. You're safe now. ...

Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.

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And so The Snow Queen also bec...

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.

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Probably I chose immortality b...

Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

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