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“And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.”
― King James Bible

“If English is a thick novel, then Toki Pona is a haiku.”
― Sonja Lang, Toki Pona: The Language of Good

“So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.”
― Erin Hunter, The Sight

“May Starclan light your path.”
― Erin Hunter

“If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“mi lukin e kon mi. mi kama sona e toki mute. mi musi. mi pali e nasin toki lili. ona li pona e toki insa mi.”
― Sonja Lang, Toki Pona: The Language of Good

“mi open lon nimi sewi. sina pu a!”
― Sonja Lang, Toki Pona: The Language of Good

“In fact, the whole point of Toki Pona is to meditate about what things mean to you personally, paying attention to the unique context around them, and to construct your own phrases using the building blocks provided by Toki Pona.”
― Sonja Lang, Toki Pona Dictionary

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? You, my creator, would tear me to pieces and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me?”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

“HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE.”
― Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream