Sometimes I think Earth has got to be the insane asylum of the universe. . . and I'm here by computer error. At sixty-eight, I hope I've gained some wisdom in the past fourteen lustrums and it’s obligatory to speak plain and true about the conclusions I've come to; now that I have been educated to believe by such mentors as Wells, Stapledon, Heinlein, van Vogt, Clarke, Pohl, (S. Fowler) Wright, Orwell, Taine, Temple, Gernsback, Campbell and other seminal influences in scientifiction, I regret the lack of any female writers but only Radclyffe Hall opened my eyes outside sci-fi.
I was a secular humanist before I knew the term. I have not believed in God since childhood's end. I believe a belief in any deity is adolescent, shameful and dangerous. How would you feel, surrounded by billions of human beings taking Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy and the stork seriously, and capable of shaming, maiming or murdering in their name? I am embarrassed to live in a world retaining any faith in church, prayer or a celestial creator. I do not believe in Heaven, Hell or a Hereafter; in angels, demons, ghosts, goblins, the Devil, vampires, ghouls, zombies, witches, warlocks, UFOs or other delusions; and in very few mundane individuals--politicians, lawyers, judges, priests, militarists, censors and just plain people. I respect the individual's right to abortion, suicide and euthanasia. I support birth control. I wish to Good that society were rid of smoking, drinking and drugs.
My hope for humanity - and I think sensible science fiction has a beneficial influence in this direction - is that one day everyone born will be whole in body and brain, will live a long life free from physical and emotional pain, will participate in a fulfilling way in their contribution to existence, will enjoy true love and friendship, will pity us 20th century barbarians who lived and died in an atrocious, anachronistic atmosphere of arson, rape, robbery, kidnapping, child abuse, insanity, murder, terrorism, war, smog, pollution, starvation and the other negative “norms” of our current civilization. I have devoted my life to amassing over a quarter million pieces of sf and fantasy as a present to posterity and I hope to be remembered as an altruist who would have been an accepted citizen of Utopia.
Tags: science morality belief atheism hope science-fiction danger fairy-tales atheist respect sci-fi secular utopia humanist
Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?
Agatha ChristieTags: danger honor nobility miss-marple
a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.
Orson Scott CardTags: human-nature danger behavior
Man's inhumanity to man will continue as long as man loves God more than he loves his fellow man. The love of God means wasted love. 'For God and Country' means a divided allegiance—a 50 per cent patriot.
The most abused word in the language of man is the word 'God.' The reason for this is that it is subject to so much abuse. There is no other word in the human language that is as meaningless and incapable of explanation as is the word 'God.' It is the beginning and end of nothing. It is the Alpha and Omega of Ignorance.
It has as many meanings as there are minds. And as each person has an opinion of what the word God ought to mean, it is a word without premise, without foundation, and without substance. It is without validity. It is all things to all people, and is as meaningless as it is indefinable. It is the most dangerous in the hands of the unscrupulous, and is the joker that trumps the ace. It is the poisoned word that has paralyzed the brain of man.
'The fear of the Lord' is not the beginning of wisdom; on the contrary, it has made man a groveling slave; it has made raving lunatics of those who have attempted to interpret what God 'is' and what is supposed to be our 'duty' to God. It has made man prostitute the most precious things of life—it has made him sacrifice wife, and child, and home.
'In the name of God' means in the name of nothing—it has caused man to be a wastrel with the precious elixir of life, because there is no God.
Tags: fear wisdom life danger ignorance meaning duty poison interpretation value waste lunatics substance foundation abuse allegiance premise paralyze validity meaningless
Only an idiot would trust a Kelpie this close to the water. Getting on its back with the scent of the sea in the air would be a fast, painful means of suicide, and I'm not a fan of pain.
Seanan McGuireTags: danger fairies faerie kelpie water-horse waterhorse mythological-beast
What I do . . . the path I tread . . . it brings some choices that test me hard.
Juliet MarillierTags: choice danger chance path
So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –
Simona PanovaTags: truth prediction future romantic romance death sinister human lie danger dead magic mystery sacrifice suspense haunted ritual torture girl medieval ancient boy fortune gothic young-adult mysterious dangerous flirt witch divination divine forbidden occult druid torment provocative rite provoke magician wicca sacrifices occultism ominous gothic-romance goth young-adult-romance runes rune fortune-teller haunt fortune-telling predict casting-runes forbid young-adult-gothic-romance cast-runes straightforward tell-the-fortune tormenting tormentor torturing
I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions into safe lulling warmth, thus isolating me from the sharp dead-cold edges of the truth hiding behind their endearingly smooth textures and tender soothing colours.
Secrets could be so irresistibly beautiful...
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I’d love to try to tame you... And I would simply adore it if you turn out untamable –
Simona PanovaTags: love romantic romance danger temptation mystery gothic young-adult relationship dangerous tame provocative tease provoke sexy loved tempt gothic-romance goth freya tamed cardew gothic-mystery tempting untamable
And what if you try to kill me? Or worse: to kiss me?
Simona PanovaTags: love man woman romantic beauty kiss relationships secret danger sin temptation good bad play kill girl best worst boy gothic young-adult relationship game beautiful dangerous young better female worse what-if provocative tease sinful handsome provoke sexy male tempted youthful secretive attractive tempt attract playful goth freya young-adult-romance cardew tempting young-adult-gothic-romance kill-me kiss-me
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