The Martian
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Here’s the cool part: I will eventually go to Schiaparelli and commandeer the Ares 4 lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can’t until I’m aboard Ares 4 and operating the comm system. After I board Ares 4, before
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“He says the führer has collected scientists to help him control the weather. He says the führer will develop a rocket that can reach Japan. He says the führer will build a city on the moon.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh. It must have been around midnight. We had arrived. In Birkenau.”
― Night
― Night
“It was only because I had to lie there with him so long,” I say. “After all, war is war.” Oellrich’s rifle cracks out sharply and dry.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
“In all cases the old is better than the new except where the new is much better.”
― The Unexpurgated Code
― The Unexpurgated Code
“Upon Choosing Your Neighbour Right off the bat this could be fatal. You’ll always know, if, when you first clap eyes on him, you can’t sleep that night. His indelible boorish inelegance can really slam your social toes. And such unsatisfactory folk regrettably have implacable social confidence born of their monstrous ignorance and relieved only by a cowardly intelligence.”
― The Unexpurgated Code
― The Unexpurgated Code
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