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Laura Anne Gilman Quotes

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

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

Laura Anne Gilman
Liars, Textbooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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