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.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.Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.
James Tiptree Jr.I dreamed horse and lived horse and expected, if necessary, to marry a horse; for all practical purposes I was a horse.
James Tiptree Jr.