Frases de Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons é um escritor estadunidense de ficção científica, mais conhecido por seu romance Hyperion, vencedor do Hugo e sua seqüência The Fall of Hyperion. Outros romances nesta série são Endymion e The Rise of Endymion.

Simmons percorre vários gêneros tais como ficção científica, terror e fantasia, às vezes simultaneamente dentro da mesma obra: um exemplo típico desta habilidade de Simmons para mesclar gêneros é Song of Kali , vencedor do World Fantasy Award. Também é um respeitado autor de mistério e thrillers. Wikipedia  

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Dan Simmons: Frases em inglês

“My own guess is that it’s a myth fueled by the same hunger for superstitious verities that drives other religions.”

Dan Simmons livro The Fall of Hyperion

Fonte: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 11 (p. 91)

“Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.”

Dan Simmons livro Hyperion

Fonte: Endymion (1996), Chapter 44 (p. 449)
Fonte: Hyperion
Contexto: “Humanity has evolved—as far as it has evolved,” continued the old priest, “with no thanks to its predecessors or itself. Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.”
“Empathy,” Aenea said softly.

“In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.”

Dan Simmons livro The Fall of Hyperion

Variante: Sol remembered the dream, remembered his daughter’s hug, and realized that in the end—when all else is dust—loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave.
Fonte: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 30 (p. 242)

“Words are the only bullets in truth’s bandolier. And poets are the snipers.”

Dan Simmons livro Hyperion

Fonte: Hyperion (1989), Chapter 3 (p. 192)

“Mobs have passions, not brains.”

Dan Simmons livro The Fall of Hyperion

Fonte: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 32 (p. 266)

“Its hard to die. Harder to live”

Dan Simmons livro The Fall of Hyperion

Fonte: The Fall of Hyperion

“We are all eaters of souls.”

Dan Simmons livro The Terror

Fonte: The Terror

“I am of no faith,” said Aenea. “If one defines faith as belief in the supernatural.”

Dan Simmons livro The Rise of Endymion

Fonte: The Rise of Endymion (1997), Chapter 19 (p. 371)

“It was a dramatization of total chaos, a functional definition of confusion, an unchoreographed dance of sad violence. It was war.”

Dan Simmons livro The Fall of Hyperion

Fonte: The Fall of Hyperion (1990), Chapter 7 (p. 51)