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“One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
“[The Universe] does not care, and even with all our science there are some disasters that we can not avert. All evil and good is petty before nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that can not be twisted to villainy or good, but which simply is.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
“Here we begin frank speculation. And since we are speculating, we'll use those powerful pseudo-laws, the Principles of Mediocrity and Minimal Assumption.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
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