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“People build something that works. Then circumstances change, and they have to tinker with it to make it continue to work, and they are so busy tinkering that they cannot see that a much better idea would be to build a whole new system to deal with the new circumstances. But to an outsider, the idea is obvious.”
― Monstrous Regiment
― Monstrous Regiment
“I want to eat chocolates in a great big room where the world is a different place.”
― Monstrous Regiment
― Monstrous Regiment
“Be prepared. A dog is adorable and noble.
A dog is a true and loving friend. A dog
is also a hedonist.”
― Dog Songs: Poems
A dog is a true and loving friend. A dog
is also a hedonist.”
― Dog Songs: Poems
“Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world. Other people are people; while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn’t just about you.”
― Monstrous Regiment
― Monstrous Regiment
“Now that she had got over the surprise, there was something offensive about this lack of reaction. It was like someone opening a door just before your battering ram hit it; suddenly you were running through the building and not certain how to stop.”
― Monstrous Regiment
― Monstrous Regiment
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