You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling. -- Nalo Hopkinson
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When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.
When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.
When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.