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“You look like Cinderella," said Val in awe.
"Yeah, if she'd been into bondage and had Christian Dior for a godmother.”
― The Rook
"Yeah, if she'd been into bondage and had Christian Dior for a godmother.”
― The Rook
“Survival is insufficient.”
― Station Eleven
― Station Eleven
“Asynchronous research — whereby the research topic is forgotten entirely between iterations, and rediscovered over and over — is a perfectly standard practice in the Antimemetics Division,”
― There Is No Antimemetics Division
― There Is No Antimemetics Division
“Ideas can be killed," she says, stepping into the airlock.
"How?"
"With better ideas.”
― There Is No Antimemetics Division
"How?"
"With better ideas.”
― There Is No Antimemetics Division
“As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her better. Let her be hated forever.”
― Clytemnestra
― Clytemnestra
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