Joan D. Vinge Quotes


But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.


Citations

Vinge, Joan D. The Snow Queen. Dial Press, 1980.

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Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge
  • Born: April 2, 1948
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999).