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“Laistry....I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?"
"Canadians.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut. ”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Does truth have a moral?”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“(રા' ખેંગાર:) 'કાક !'
'બોલો.'
'તારા જેવો હરામી તેમ જ ભાલો માણસ મેં બીજો જોયો નથી.'
'ને મારો આટલો કડવો અનુભવ લીધા પછી કદર કરનાર પણ મેં કોઈ જોયો નથી.”
― K.M. Munshi, The Master of Gujarat

“પુરુષના કપાળ પર બૃહસ્પતિની બુદ્ધિ દીપતી, મીંચેલી આંખો પરથી પણ ચાણક્યનું નૈપુણ્ય યાદ આવતું, નાકના મરોડમાં ધનંજયની મહત્ત્વાકાંક્ષા સમાયેલી લાગતી ને ધનુષ્ય સમા અડગ પણ રસઝરતા હોઠમાં ગોપીવલ્લભ ગોવર્ધનધારીની રસિકતા રહી હોય એમ લાગતું.
(કાક વિષે)”
― K.M. Munshi, The Master of Gujarat

“...મંજરીએ પીરસવા માંડયું, અને રુદ્રદત્ત અને મણીભદ્રે આરોગવા માંડયું.
માનિનીની મોહિની સામાન્ય રીતે ન્યારી જ હોય છે, તે રીઝવે ત્યારે દુર્જય થઈ પડે છે,પણ તે હાથે પીરસી જમાડે ત્યારે પૂછવું શું? મણિભદ્ર અડધો બેભાન થઈ ગયો, મંજરીના આગ્રહ આગળ મિષ્ટાન્નની માજા પણ તે વિસરી ગયો, નવયૌવનમાં મહાલી રહેલી મંજરીના હાવભાવ આગળ પેટમાં જગા છે કે નહીં તેનું ભાન પણ ભૂલી ગયો. બ્રાહ્મણવર્ય મણીભદ્રે સાધેલા જીવનયોગમાં એક પરમ ધ્યેય હતું — સ્વાદિષ્ટ મોદક. અત્યારે તે યોગેશ્વર યોગભ્રષ્ટ થયો — ભાણામાં લાડુ હતા છતાં મંજરી સામે જોઈ રહેવા લાગ્યો.

મંજરીને પણ આ વખતે તેની ખીલતી જુવાનીમાં રહેલા પ્રબળ જાદુનું ભાન થયું, અને પોતાની અપ્રતીમ શક્તિનું જ્ઞાન પામેલા મહારથીના મદથી તે પોતાના પ્રભાવની અજમાયશ કરી રહી. તેણે રુદ્રદત્તની સહાયથી મણિભદ્રને મોહાંધ કર્યો. મણિભદ્ર બિચારો લટ્ટુ થઈ રહ્યો.”
― K.M. Munshi, The Master of Gujarat

“મંજરી પાણી કાઢતી હતી. તેના માથા પરથી ઓઢણી ખસી જઈ તેનો અંબોડો અને ડોકની ભભક, ઊંચાનીચા થતા હાથનું સૌંદર્ય, તેથી સંતાકૂકડી કરતાં સ્તનની અપૂર્વતા — બન્ને આવનારની નજરે પડયું. બન્ને મહાત થયા — વિનયશીલ રુદ્રદત્તે ગુરુની દૌહિત્રીના રૂપ આગળ આંખો નમાવી, અડભંગ મણિભદ્ર બેબાકળો થઈ ડોળા ફાડી જોઈ રહ્યો.”
― K.M. Munshi, The Master of Gujarat

“There is no justice in the laws of nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The Universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky.

But they don't have to! WE care! There IS light in the world, and it is US!”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Why are you so driven? What is the real reason you must not go to Hufflepuff and be happier there? What is your true fear?"

I must achieve my full potential. If I don't I... fail...

"What happens if you fail?"

Something terrible...

"What happens if you fail?"

I don't know!

"Then it should not be frightening. What happens if you fail?"

I DON'T KNOW! BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S BAD!

There was silence for a moment in the caverns of Harry's mind.

"You know - you aren't letting yourself think it, but in some quiet corner of your mind you know just exactly what you aren't thinking - you know that by far the simplest explanation for this unverbalisable fear of yours is just the fear of losing your fantasy of greatness, of disappointing the people who believe in you, of turning out to be pretty much ordinary, of flashing and fading like so many other child prodigies...”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Dinner passed with surprising rapidity. Harry tried to sample at least a little of all the weird new foods he saw. His curiosity couldn't stand the thought of not knowing how something tasted. Thank goodness this wasn't a restaurant where you had to order only one thing and you never found out what all the other things on the menu tasted like. Harry hated that, it was like a torture chamber for anyone with a spark of curiosity: Find out about only one of the mysteries on this list, ha ha ha!”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked. Six days into what should be the greatest two months of my life, and it’s turned into a nightmare.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.”

LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“I can't wait till I have grandchildren. When I was younger, I had to walk to the rim of a crater. Uphill! In an EVA suit! On Mars, ya little shit! Ya hear me? Mars!”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“LOG ENTRY: SOL 381 I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars.

Yeah, I know, it’s a stupid thing to think about, but I have a lot of free time.

There’s an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on Earth. And by another treaty, if you’re not in any country’s territory, maritime law applies.

So Mars is “international waters.”

NASA is an American nonmilitary organization, and it owns the Hab. So while I’m in the Hab, American law applies. As soon as I step outside, I’m in international waters. Then when I get in the rover, I’m back to American law.

Here’s the cool part: I will eventually go to Schiaparelli and commandeer the Ares 4 lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can’t until I’m aboard Ares 4 and operating the comm system. After I board Ares 4, before talking to NASA, I will take control of a craft in international waters without permission.

That makes me a pirate!

A space pirate!”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“It’s true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Me: “This is obviously a clog. How about I take it apart and check the internal tubing?” NASA: (after five hours of deliberation) “No. You’ll fuck it up and die.” So I took it apart.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially ‘colonised’ it. So technically, I colonised Mars.
In your face, Neil Armstrong!”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).”
― Andy Weir , The Martian

“I'm calling it the Watney Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“My asshole is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“I admit it’s fatally dangerous,” Watney said. “But consider this: I’d get to fly around like Iron Man.” “We’ll keep working on ideas,” Lewis said. “Iron Man, Commander. Iron Man.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian