Connie Willis Quotes - Page 2

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• I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.

  Connie Willis

  Trials, Guilty

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• The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure." "They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek. "No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality.

  Connie Willis

  Self, Wish, Levels

  Connie Willis (1996). “Futures Imperfect”, Doubleday Books

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• There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them.

  Connie Willis

  Giving Up, Giving, Periods

  Connie Willis (1993). “Impossible things”, Spectra

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• Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?

  Connie Willis

  Writing, Cat, Conceited

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• Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.

  Connie Willis

  Tired, People, Listening

  Connie Willis (2011). “The Doomsday Book”, p.326, Spectra

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• I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

  Connie Willis

  Marriage, Sex, Gay

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• I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.

  Connie Willis

  Hate, Book, Firsts

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• No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly, which is the problem with Quickness in Answering.

  Connie Willis

  Lasts, Problem, Said

  Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.18, Bantam

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• Finch picked up one of the ancient fax-mags and brought it over to me. "I don't need anything to read," I said. "I'll just sit here and eavesdrop along with you." "I thought you might sit on the mag," he said. "It's extremely difficult to get soot out of chintz.

  Connie Willis

  Fax, Needs, Might

  Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.24, Bantam

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• And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years.

  Connie Willis

  Years, Nine, Hundred

  Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.449, Bantam

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• One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'.

  Connie Willis

  Years, Library, Trends

  Connie Willis (2010). “Bellwether”, p.21, Spectra

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• That's what the movies do. They don't entertain us, they don't send the message: 'We care.' They give us lines to say, they assign us parts: John Wayne, Theda Bara, Shirley Temple, take your pick.

  Connie Willis

  Giving, Care, Lines

  Connie Willis (2009). “Remake”, p.65, Spectra

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• I was on a walking tour of Oxford colleges once with a group of bored and unimpressable tourists. They yawned at Balliol's quad, T.E. Lawrence's and Churchill's portraits, and the blackboard Einstein wrote his E=mc2 on. Then the tour guide said, 'And this is the Bridge of Sighs, where Lord Peter proposed (in Latin) to Harriet,' and everyone suddenly came to life and began snapping pictures. Such is the power of books.

  Connie Willis

  Latin, Book, College

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• It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.

  Connie Willis

  Girl, Ugly, Helping

  Connie Willis (2010). “Bellwether”, p.54, Spectra

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• Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

  Connie Willis

  Filled Out, Long, Forgiving

  Connie Willis (2010). “Bellwether”, p.140, Spectra

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• If King Harold had had swans on his side, England would still be Saxon.

  Connie Willis

  Kings, Swans, Sides

  Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.143, Bantam

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• I was never going to get any sleep. I was going to have Alice in Wonderland conversation after Alice in Wonderland conversation until I died of exhaustion. Here, in the restful, idyllic Victorian era.

  Connie Willis

  Sleep, Idyllic, Wonderland

  Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.206, Bantam

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• Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.

  Connie Willis

  Love, Art, Hero

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• Perhaps that's how I should think of them, Polly thought, the troupe and Miss Snelgrove and Trot. And Sir Godfrey. Not as lost to her, but as removed to this moment in time for safekeeping.

  Connie Willis

  Thinking, Missing, Moments

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