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“The velocities and forces involved in anything at orbital altitudes were enough to kill a human with just the rounding error. At their speeds, the friction from air too thin to breathe would set them on fire.”
― Cibola Burn
― Cibola Burn
“Religion is one of the oils with which we alleviate the friction between those who have a lot and those who have nothing.”
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“I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self.”
― If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
― If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children
“She was a walking deposition to every encounter that fed a dark hunger for confrontation.”
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