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Joan D. Vinge

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Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. - Joan D. Vinge
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Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? - Joan D. Vinge
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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. - Joan D. Vinge
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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. - Joan D. Vinge
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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. - Joan D. Vinge
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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. - Joan D. Vinge
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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. - Joan D. Vinge
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What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts. - Joan D. Vinge
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Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far. - Joan D. Vinge
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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. - Joan D. Vinge
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Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write. - Joan D. Vinge
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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large. - Joan D. Vinge
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There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level. - Joan D. Vinge
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Myth is, after all, the neverending story. - Joan D. Vinge
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What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time. - Joan D. Vinge
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For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever. - Joan D. Vinge
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We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us. - Joan D. Vinge
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