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“It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.”
― The Intuitionist
― The Intuitionist
“What does the perfect elevator look like, the one that will deliver us from the cities we suffer now, these stunted shacks? We don't know because we can't see inside it, it's something we cannot imagine, like the shape of angels' teeth. It's a black box.”
― The Intuitionist
― The Intuitionist
“As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more ephemeral weapons, an idea or improbable plan or some sort of formulation about how best to move through the world. An idea that will let us be. Protect us and keep us safe. But a weapon nonetheless.”
― Sag Harbor
― Sag Harbor
“There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.”
― The Intuitionist
― The Intuitionist
“Isn't it great when you're a kid and the world is full of anonymous things? Everything is bright and mysterious until you know what it is called and then all the light goes out of it...Once we knew the name of it, how could we ever come to love it?...For things had true natures, and they hid behind false names, beneath the skin we gave them.”
― Apex Hides the Hurt
― Apex Hides the Hurt
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