“Didn’t think God had much to say to a socialist.” “God has been a socialist since 1848 when Karl Marx explained things to him. Ever since.”
― Titanium Noir
― Titanium Noir
“The authors rarely depicted themselves or their companions as the agents of an imperialist system. They were consumed with their own daily struggles and ambitions—with working the ship, with gaining promotions and securing money for their families, and, ultimately, with survival. But it is precisely such unthinking complicity that allows empires to endure. Indeed, these imperial structures require it: thousands and thousands of ordinary people, innocent or not, serving—and even sacrificing themselves for—a system many of them rarely question.”
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
“I need him here with me, nervously fidgeting, lopsidedly smiling, and effortlessly making everything feel brighter.”
― The Flatshare
― The Flatshare
“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
“Confronting our behavior may be painful and annoying, but it’s also a remedy for apathy, which is the enemy of improvement.”
― How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
― How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
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