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“Look,' Mercator told her. 'You can talk to a person. You can reason with an individual. Usually. But people, that's another thing altogether. In a group is where they lose their way. Doesn't matter if it's humans, dwarves, or mir, if you put three or more in a room, they'll manufacture stupid like it was spun gold. They're like honeybees that way, except the product is never sweet. Don't listen to them. Listen to me. Don't listen to people, listen to a person.”
― The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
― The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
“Every time someone starts talking about final anythings in politics, that means the atrocities are warming up. Humanity has done amazing things by just muddling through, arguing and complaining and fighting and negotiating. It’s messy and undignified, but it’s when we’re at our best, because everyone gets to have a voice in it. Even if everyone else is trying to shout it down. Whenever there’s just one voice that matters, something terrible comes out of it.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's coming, even if you'll never learn to like it.”
― Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
― Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
“Demigoddesses do NOT take public transportation. I'd rather die first.”
― The Prey of Gods
― The Prey of Gods
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