“The engine of liberty must be greased with the blood of both the oppressors and the oppressed. There is no better lubrication for something so prone to rust and seizure.” Sirius Vant, in a speech to the Sun Dogs, Unknown Planet, Aashaanti Corridor, final stages of the Triton Wars”
― Fortune's Rising
― Fortune's Rising
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.” Hunter S. Thompson”
― I Killed Pink Floyd's Pig: Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
― I Killed Pink Floyd's Pig: Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
“The cause of suffering is desire,”
― The Garden of Rama
― The Garden of Rama
“Tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.”
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