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Joan D. Vinge

"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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Donna Grant

"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."

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Donna Grant

"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."

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Donna Grant

"As with most things in life, a healthy balance will keep us on the right path. To avoid too much eye contact or too little, seek to create a comfortable mix. It is generally encouraged to use more eye contact when you are listening and less when you are speaking."

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Donna Grant

"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."

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Donna Grant

"The effect of overworking, we miss sacred moments."

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Donna Grant

"Relax, Recreate and Refresh!"

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Donna Grant

"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."

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Donna Grant

"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"

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Donna Grant

"If you make lots of little changes to your lifestyle, you'll need to make time to have some fun too, otherwise life can get a little boring."

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Donna Grant

"She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come."

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Joan D. Vinge
"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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Joan D. Vinge
"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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Joan D. Vinge
"What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts."

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Joan D. Vinge
"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."

Control

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Joan D. Vinge
"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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Joan D. Vinge
"Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future."

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Joan D. Vinge
"Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious."

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Joan D. Vinge
"Myth is, after all, the neverending story."

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

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Joan D. Vinge
"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."

Science

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