It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir. Connie Willis More Quotes by Connie Willis More Quotes From Connie Willis You shouldn't be looking for the secret to making people follow fads, you should be looking for the secret to making them think for themselves. Because that's what science is all about. Connie Willis secretpeoplethinking The reason Victorian society was so restricted and repressed was that it was impossible to move without knocking something over. Connie Willis reasonimpossiblemoving The entire range of human experience is present in a church choir, including, but not restricted to jealousy, revenge, horror, pride, incompetence (the tenors have never been on the right note in the entire history of church choirs, and the basses have never been on the right page), wrath, lust and existential despair. Connie Willis wrathpriderevenge People will buy anything at jumble sales,' I said. 'At the Evacuated Children Charity Fair a woman bought a tree branch that had fallen on the table. Connie Willis treechildrenpeople The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure." "They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek. "No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality. Connie Willis levelsselfwish There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them. Connie Willis giving-upperiodsgiving Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums? Connie Willis catconceitedwriting TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians debutantes spinsters fishermen retired sailors servants evacuees Shakespearean actors and mystery novelists WHO WON THE WAR. Connie Willis airplanegirlwar He looked resigned, as though he knew that wretched door--to where? Home? Heaven? Peace?--would never open, and at the same time he seemed resolved, ready to do his bit even though he couldn't possibly know what sacrifices that would require. Had he been kept here, too--in a place he didn't belong, serving in a war in which he hadn't enlisted, to rescue sparrows and soldiers and shopgirls and Shakespeare? To tip the balance? Connie Willis sacrificehomewar Perhaps that's how I should think of them, Polly thought, the troupe and Miss Snelgrove and Trot. And Sir Godfrey. Not as lost to her, but as removed to this moment in time for safekeeping. Connie Willis momentsmissingthinking No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly, which is the problem with Quickness in Answering. Connie Willis lastsproblemsaid Finch picked up one of the ancient fax-mags and brought it over to me. "I don't need anything to read," I said. "I'll just sit here and eavesdrop along with you." "I thought you might sit on the mag," he said. "It's extremely difficult to get soot out of chintz. Connie Willis faxmightneeds And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years. Connie Willis hundrednineyears One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'. Connie Willis librarytrendsyears One has not lived until one has carried a sixty-pound dog down a sweeping flight of stairs at half-past V in the morning. Connie Willis dogmorningpast There are moments when rather than reforming the human race I'd like to abandon it altogether and go become, say, one of Dr. O'Reilly's macaques, which have to have more sense. Connie Willis drsmomentsrace Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century. Connie Willis tiredlisteningpeople Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats. Connie Willis threatcatknows I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty. Connie Willis guiltytrials I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia. Connie Willis marriagegaysex
