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"Not sure how I came across this book. It's wonderfully written and far ranging in its content. Read the first couple of chapters to Dave last night. Makes a great read-aloud. Full of soaring wit." — Mar 12, 2013 04:22AM
"Not sure how I came across this book. It's wonderfully written and far ranging in its content. Read the first couple of chapters to Dave last night. Makes a great read-aloud. Full of soaring wit." — Mar 12, 2013 04:22AM
“In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there’s not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a).”
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“There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.”
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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Player Piano
― Player Piano
“Making people change because you can’t deal with who they are isn’t how it’s supposed to be done. What needs to be done is for people to pull their heads out of their asses. You say ‘cure.’ I hear ‘you’re not human enough.”
― Lock In
― Lock In
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