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“His people believed that the Mother had first created a spirit world, and the spirits of all things in it were perfect. The spirits then produced living copies of themselves, to populate the ordinary world. The spirit was the model, the pattern from which all things were derived, but no copy could be as perfect as the original; not even the spirits themselves could make perfect copies, that was why each was different.”
― Jean M. Auel, The Mammoth Hunters

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“Soldiers, I am sorry to say, steal everything.” He thought for a moment and then added, “Or at least ours do.” How”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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“Each time Olan Chapman comes to life, his anti-quarks remain on the far side of the Time Wall. After his life cycle ends, his quarks collapse back to these roots, and – presto – America's most wanted man is ready for his next adventure.”
― Kyle Keyes, Worm Holes

tags: sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, scifi-adventure

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“Why not? Why not be your own man for once in your life — do what you want to — not what other people want you to?”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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“It will pain me to see you two make fools of yourselves trying to avoid one another."
"I barely see him, I won't look foolish."
Valgu looked unconvinced.
"The times I do see him, I can use one of your aloof expressions that I've been practicing."
"Good idea, he'll never see through that."
"I'm not going to cry openly, or sit around pining for him. I'll pretend it doesn't hurt, until it really doesn't. I know how to do that.”
― Andrea Luhman, Missing Wings

tags: fantasy-fiction

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