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At least Mensah and Arada had overruled the ones who wanted to talk to me about it. Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency. I’d rather climb back into Hostile One’s mouth.
“It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.”
― Hyperion
― Hyperion
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
― Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
― Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
“And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or eventually... it doesn't matter. Because if God does not exist, then life... every second of it... Is all we have.”
― Interview with the Vampire
― Interview with the Vampire
“Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.”
― The Forever War
― The Forever War
“Benford’s office looked like the atelier”
― Red Sparrow
― Red Sparrow
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