Laura Anne Gilman Quotes

• I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Liars, Textbooks

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• I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Thinking, Needs, Arrogant

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• Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Fire, Discovery, Civilization

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• Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Morning, Mean, Mind

  Laura Anne Gilman (2011). “Pack of Lies”, p.65, LUNA

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• Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Idiot, Hungry

  Laura Anne Gilman (2009). “Flesh and Fire: Book One of The Vineart War”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Past

  Laura Anne Gilman (2009). “Flesh and Fire: Book One of The Vineart War”, p.215, Simon and Schuster

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• Call it not paranoia, but caution.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Paranoia, Caution

  Laura Anne Gilman (2009). “Flesh and Fire: Book One of The Vineart War”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Clever, Character, Want

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• The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Might, Painful, Illusion

  "Flesh and Fire". Book by Laura Anne Gilman, 2009.

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