I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice. John Scalzi More Quotes by John Scalzi More Quotes From John Scalzi If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas. John Scalzi treatswantideas I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head. John Scalzi imaginaryresponsibleaction Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. John Scalzi humansmeanpeople I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me. John Scalzi being-oldyoungmind Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different. John Scalzi differentbrainwriting There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so. John Scalzi levelsdifferencespeople If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride. John Scalzi stuckconsciousnesssocial Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us. John Scalzi politicalsecretphilosophy Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it. John Scalzi christianitychristianwish The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity. John Scalzi republicangreedwant Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis. John Scalzi uniquehatredthinking Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens. John Scalzi enjoy-lifeenjoyneeds Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you. John Scalzi imaginelunchpeople It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive. John Scalzi easieralivemissing When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with. John Scalzi high-schoolteenagerlove I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate. John Scalzi fatecarereal When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else. John Scalzi somewhere-elsewantkids Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person. John Scalzi discountswho-we-arepersons You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself. John Scalzi faces Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us. John Scalzi sooner-or-laternarrative
