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Sometimes the fantasy writers set their novels in an ancient Earth, sometimes a parallel Earth, or, quite often, they offered no explanation at all as to the temporal and geographic location.

~Adrian Mckinty

Topics: Ancient Earth Explanation Fantasy Geographic Location Novels Offered Often Parallel Quite Set Sometimes Temporal Writers

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Just as I know the usual rules of law enforcement, I also know the exceptions and invoke those frequently. I don't feel a need to bog the reader down with an explanation of why the procedures are realistic, as long as I know that there is, in fact, an explanation.

~Alafair Burke

Topics: Also Down Enforcement Exceptions Explanation Fact Feel Frequently In Fact Invoke Just Know Law Law Enforcement Long Need Procedures Reader Realistic Rules Those Usual Why

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In the 'Revelation Space' books, the spaceships are a bit old and rusty, and things go wrong, and they don't work quite how they're meant to. And people asked why I did it this way, and groping around for an explanation, I said that I grew up in Barry, this post-industrial sea town full of rusting infrastructure.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Around Asked Barry Bit Books Did Explanation Full Go Grew How Infrastructure Meant Old People Quite Revelation Rusty Said Sea Space Things Town Up Way Why Work Wrong

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I think it's an interesting thing to me, because we have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, very little ends up having a written-down explanation for why things happen, or why people do specific things.

~Alice Sebold

Topics: Actions Because Daily Desire Ends Everything Explained Explanation Go Happen Having Interesting Interesting Thing Little Me People Specific Thing Things Things Happen Think Through Up Us Very Why You Your I Think

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I don't believe in inspiration at all. We live in a world that demands explanation. And fiction has the capability to offer explanations for things.

~Alvaro Enrigue

Topics: Believe Capability Demands Explanation Explanations Fiction Inspiration Live Offer Things World

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I must say, I always - from experience, when I watch TV shows and I see characters leave without a proper explanation or leave with not enough time, I get irritated. I like it when there's a clean-cut reason or a defining moment where they have to go. Whether that's death or not, I think that's subjective.

~Alycia Debnam-Carey

Topics: Always Characters Death Defining Defining Moment Enough Enough Time Experience Explanation Get Go Irritated Leave Like Moment Must Proper Reason Say See Shows Subjective Think Time Tv Tv Shows Watch Where Whether Without I Think I See

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Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.

~Anais Nin

Topics: Because Explanation Love No Reason Reason Seek Solutions

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Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

~Anaxagoras

Topics: Everything Explanation God Great Hot Moon Natural Rock Sun

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The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

~Angelus Silesius

Topics: Because Blooms Explanation Rose She Without

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The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.

~Anna Quindlen

Topics: Any Clearest Explanation Failure Female Incompatible Male Marriage Other People Two Two People

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