WIST Quotations

Somtow, S. P. -- “Lottery Night,” World Fantasy Convention Program Book (1989-10)

Dave — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:04:45 +0000

The ways of dead people are not our ways. They have a very oblique way of expressing themselves, and often they’ll tell you something that can be interpreted many ways; it gives them a way out while preserving their reputation for infallibility.

S. P. Somtow (b. 1952) Thai-American music composeer, conductor, author [Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul; สมเถา สุจริตกุล; Somthao Sucharitkun]
“Lottery Night,” World Fantasy Convention Program Book (1989-10)
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Collected in Gardner Dozois, ed., Year's Best Science Fiction 7 (1990) and Somtow, Dragon's Fin Soup (1998).

Palahniuk, Chuck -- Diary (2003)

Dave — Tue, 19 May 2020 15:52:01 +0000

What you don’t understand you can make mean anything.

Chuck Palahniuk (b. 1962) American novelist and freelance journalist
Diary (2003)

Lorde, Audre -- “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action,” speech, Modern Language Association (28 Dec 1977)

Dave — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:43:32 +0000

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
“The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action,” speech, Modern Language Association (28 Dec 1977)
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Richardson, James -- Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays, # 5 (2001)

Dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:52:36 +0000

You’ve never said anything as stupid as what people thought you said.

James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays, # 5 (2001)