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“Rusting perfumers,” Wayne said, his eyes narrowing. “Never can tell what they’re hiding with those fancy smells. You can’t trust a man what doesn’t smell like a man should.” “Sweat and booze?” “Sweat and cheap booze.”
― The Lost Metal
― The Lost Metal
“Composting Engineer”?” I said, leaning forward in my seat. “That’s what it says,” Lo said. “It’s a polite way of saying you’ll be shoveling shit.”
― Everything but the Squeal
― Everything but the Squeal
“Confidence isn’t about knowing you’re right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right.”
― The Consuming Fire
― The Consuming Fire
“Assassinating the Lord Ruler?” Wax asked. “Isn’t that a little violent for a children’s book?” “Mate,” Wayne said, “it ain’t violence if it’s religion. Don’t you know anythin’?”
― The Lost Metal
― The Lost Metal
“You can’t ask people to give up personal, tangible comforts for some ethereal ideal. That’s why communism failed. That’s why all those primitive, hippie, “back to the land” communes failed. Selfless suffering feels good for short crusades, but as a way of life, it’s unsustainable.”
― Devolution
― Devolution
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