Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.
James Tiptree Jr.You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.
James Tiptree Jr.I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.
James Tiptree Jr.And here is our girl, looking-- If possible, worse than before. (You thought this was Cinderella transistorized?)
James Tiptree Jr.Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom, but always a little fight going on too. There is no way I can be peacefully happy in this society and in this skin. I am committed to Uneasy Street. I like it; it is my idea that this street leads to the future, and that I am being true to a way of life which is not here yet, but is more real than what is here.
James Tiptree Jr.