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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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What does immortality mean to ...

What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time.

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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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Everything born has to die, in...

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

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Here was a fragment of Goddess...

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.

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Humans are upsetting a fragile...

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

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Humans may be the only creatur...

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

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I was thinking about what I wa...

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.

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Moon is also a naive native gi...

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

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Perhaps the thing that makes h...

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

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Studying anthropology, I devel...

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

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Real power is control. Knowing...

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

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The ecosystem of our world is ...

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.

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The mers were also designed to...

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.

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What I do not want to write is...

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

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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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The contradictions are what ma...

The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.

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