Sohang Chopra

“Probably, your first reaction is "but don't do that," and I agree. However, such code does get written, so it is worth knowing how it is implemented.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup, The C Programming Language 3rd (Third) Edition byStroustrup

“How exactly have you managed to spend your entire career until now pretending to be a nice person?”
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“It is not a complex problem to appear nice to people! You identify the most popular targets in each of your classes, learn what they value about themselves, and give them a minimum of three relevant compliments each week. So long as they think you are agreeable, others will follow their lead.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds,”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

“All of magic essentially involves sneaking something you want past reality while it’s distracted and looking the other way.”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves