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Elizabeth Moon Quotes

Elizabeth Moon quotes

American Author March 7, 1945

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Elizabeth Moon quote: "I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't..."
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. Elizabeth Moon
A tree is alive, and thus it is always more than you can see. Roots to leaves, yes-those you can, in part, see. But it is more-it is the lichens and moss and ferns that grow on its bark, the life too small to see that lives among its roots, a community we know of, but do not think on. It is every fly and bee and beetle that uses it for shelter or food, every bird that nests in its branches. Every one an individual, and yet every one part of the tree, and the tree part of every one. Elizabeth Moon
You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses. Elizabeth Moon
Everything in my life that I value has been gained at the cost of not saying what I really think and saying what they want me to say. Elizabeth Moon
Even if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion...."
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well,..."
When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. Elizabeth Moon
Most eyes have more than one color, but usually they're related. Blue eyes may have two shades of blue, or blue and gray, or blue and green, or even a fleck or two of brown. Most people don't notice that. When I first went to get my state ID card, the form asked for eye color. I tried to write in all the colors in my own eyes, but the space wasnt big enough. They told me to put 'brown'. I put 'brown', but that is not the only color in my eyes. It is just the color that people see because they... Elizabeth Moon
So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that..."
I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it. Elizabeth Moon
The book answers questions other people have thought of. I have thought of questions they have not answered. I always thought my questions were wrong questions because no one else asked them. Maybe no one thought of them. Maybe darkness got there first. Maybe I am the first light touching a gulf of ignorance. Maybe my questions matter. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer..."
Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength..."
Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character. The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands."
To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands. Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon quote: "It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single..."
It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long. Elizabeth Moon

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