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There’s a saying, don’t remember who said it: I have loved the stars too fondly to ever fear the night. I have loved the night too fondly to ever fear the stars. And the night I loved the most fondly was the night where bad things were
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“Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“Must be a yearning deep in the human heart to stop the people from doing as they please. Rules, laws--always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Because not one of those people said: "Please pass this so that I won't be able to do something I know I should stop." Nyet, tovarishchee, was always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them "for their own good"--not because speaker claimed to be harmed by it.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“I've got a chainsaw with my name on it in my workshop," Milo told us happily. "If I'm ever killed by undead, I want you guys to chop me up with it. It's a good chainsaw."
"I reckon it is, Milo. I would be honored to chop your head off," Sam said.”
― Monster Hunter International
"I reckon it is, Milo. I would be honored to chop your head off," Sam said.”
― Monster Hunter International
“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
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