Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmonsis an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
time memories weekend
She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things-the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.
memories childhood remember
The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.
memories mind lifetime
How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?
memories confusing emotion
Human beings have only that confusing mass of chemically driven neurological storage to rely on. They're all subjective and emotion-tinged. How can they trust any of their memories?
memories lying expression
The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered.
helped identify studies
Dr. Livingston's studies helped us identify the problems.
finding miss trouble
You'll have no trouble finding it. You just can't miss it.
american-author finding game literary
But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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I have more respect for The Iliad now than I've ever had, and I've always thought it was possibly the finest piece of literature there was.
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Finally, there's the simple fact that I would be bored silly if I read in only one genre or one type of author - so why write in only one form?
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Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.
pain flower grief
Merely to live without a pain Is little gladness, little gain, Ah, welcome joy tho' mixt with grief-- The thorn-set flower that crowns the leaf.
love love-is lust
Love is nothing but lust misspelled.
trust art believe
There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.