What did Samuel R. Delany mean by: Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA Copy
+ It’s frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Competition, Insecurity, Jealousy, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ Don’t go chattering to the stars if you’re going to do it with your eyes closed. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Awareness, Communication, Intention, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ The past is what makes now like now makes tomorrow. Author, September 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Future, Past, Present, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ I suspect most of life takes place in the interstices of what’s already been articulated. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Communication, Existence, Understanding, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Evolution, Succession, Transformation, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Honesty, Policy, Strategy, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ Pain … after you’ve lived with it long enough, isn’t pain anymore. It’s something else. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Endurance, Perception, Transformation, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA
+ Human beings being what they are, order spreads, given half a chance, almost as fast as confusion. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel R. Delany, Chaos, Humanity, Order, 0 Samuel R. Delany Writer · USA