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“You could smash and destroy from unthinkable distances, obliterate planets from beyond their own system and provoke stars into novae from light-years off... and still have no good idea why you were really fighting.”
― Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas

“Stories don’t need to be new to bring you joy. Some stories are like familiar friends. Some are dependable as bread.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Action appealed to him most; it was the warriors' creed. When in doubt, do.”
― Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas

“I don’t care how self-righteous the Culture feels, or how many people the Idirans kill. They’re on the side of life—boring, old-fashioned biological life; smelly, fallible, short-sighted, God knows, but real life. You’re ruled by your machines. You’re an evolutionary dead end.”
― Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas