Quotes From "Passage" By Connie Willis

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before...
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That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis
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...then inn a conversational tone said, "I slapped my Aunt Martha. When my fiancé died. She told me God needed him in heaven, and I hauled off and slapped her, a sixty year old woman.... People say unbelievable things to you. They deserve slapping. Connie Willis
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We see the world not as it is, but as we are.~ Dag Redwing Hickory Bluefield Lois McMaster Bujold
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Wrong, and wrong agains, ' he said. 'The likeness is already there. The metaphor only sees it. And it is not a mere figure of speech. It is the very essence of our minds as we seek to make sense of our surroundings, our experiences, ourselves, seeing similarities, parallels, connections. We cannot help it. Even as the mind fails, it goes on trying to make sense of what is happening to it. Connie Willis