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"Sadness comes from expectations. To be happy, adapt to everything and expect nothing."

"We live our lives with hope, intentions, and actions. Without hope, there will be no intention. Without intention, there will be no action."

"Love makes the world go round, but sometimes you spin so much you end up dizzy."

"Keep your heart pure. Overlook an insult."

"Smile in such a nice way that you introduce yourself."

"Bitter love is better than sweet hate."
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"My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea."

"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."

"When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance."

"Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

"The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal."

"When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else."

"There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives."
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