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“I want to know how this affects humans, and when. I don’t care about the mating grounds of the three-anused mud sloth or any other random biome.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary

“Murder?” Pattern said, placing another soldier. He’d built a surprisingly tall pyramid. “Oh, you mean murder! Shallan is good at murder. Yes, mmmmm…” “Pattern,” she said, “please don’t say it that way.” “She is good,” Pattern corrected himself, “at making people who were once alive and threatening, unalive and unthreatening. Mmmm. Very good at it.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth

“I am human,” the large beast said quietly.”
― Mistborn Trilogy
― Mistborn Trilogy

“Bunch of twats,’ Uncle Gordon calls them. ‘Retired men with way too much time on their hands. It’s people like them who started the Nazi party, you know?”
― A Window Into Time
― A Window Into Time
“The people we remember are the ones who decided how our maps should be drawn. Nobody remembers who built the roads.”
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
― The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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