- "We have life in our hands. We don't need anything else but our hands and our compassion." — Cathleen Fanslow-Brunjes at a Therapeutic Touch Workshop
- "Is there anything more you could do to distinguish yourselves?" — a man asked us on our way to Burning Man (we weren't even decked out yet)
- "I turn around and there's this guy in a tutu with his dick hanging out...served with him in Desert Storm." — at Burning Man
- "There's not enough wind power, mon." — At first, I thought this guy standing in the middle of the road waving his arms around was crazy, possibly dangerous, but he was just flying a kite.
- "There are more cells in your body than there are stars in the universe." — Yoga Circle Studio instructor, Karen Guzak
- "Now, let go!" — a trapeze instructor (Yeah, right! Not as easy as it sounds.)
- "It's not just a bee in my own bonnet. I've been studying this for 20 years." — An NPR interview with British religious scholar Karen Armstrong defending her views caught my attention. (Armstrong also makes an appearance in books of the year.)
Why it springs to mind: You'll never look at an ice cube the same way again. Where read: In the 2014 Hugo award-winning Lightspeed Magazine , August. Length: 5,194 words Summary: A woman has an ice cube for a soul. Memorable: How the story invites us to think about the shape of our soul, how it (or our perception of it) influences us and how it changes. What ordinary every day object would your soul be? A silver spoon, a beech stick? A great party conversation starter, this. Quote: “All life is an experiment." Notable: The protagonist Rina is an avid reader (always a good choice). Pairs well with: T.S. Elliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay Origin: The story was written in 24 hours based on a writing prompt. (See Author Spotlight: Ken Liu ) About the author: Ken Liu’s debut novel, The Grace of Kings , the first in a fantasy series The Dandelion Dynasty, is due out from Saga Press ( a new Simon & Schuster imprint ) in 2015.
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