#fe

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#early #early life #learned #life #myself

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#boat #came #developed #favourite #feet

Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just a few large buildings and aircraft, it's not like D-Day and the Seige of Berlin. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#aircraft #berlin #buildings #down #few

A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#come #economically #effect #going #larger

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#devil #get #joy #life #motion

I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#came #clouds #felt #good #had

We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that "9/11"? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#call #case #cloud #committed #different

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. ↗

— John Sterling

#affords #fiercest #lords #our #own

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one. ↗

— John Sterling

#joy #life #noble #own #pain

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. ↗

— John Sterling

#before #die #dream #enough #feel