“He shrugged. "I think it's easy to assume males are all sly schemers, when most of us are clumsy oafs, falling on our rears and then tryin' to play it off like we did it on purpose. I think the most common mistake we make in dealing with people is in assuming that while our own feelings are a mess of contradictions, everybody else is operating with a clear agenda and any inconsistencies must be due to some kind of ruse.”
― Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia
― Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia
“Is it a peaceful and perfect society if you don't see the filth? If you don't look too hard? Perhaps every society is a utopia when you fail to peel up all the layers and look at what's underneath.”
― The Stars Are Legion
― The Stars Are Legion
“Moss didn't believe in God, but she increasingly believed in hell.”
― The Gone World
― The Gone World
“Has it ever occurred to you that we live inside a text?”
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“Which is why human society mostly works; people avoid trouble. But behind every law is the implicit threat of force, and behind every vote is the implicit threat of rebellion. That's the bargain that holds a free society together. And no society with a wide power imbalance remains free for very long.”
― Kill Decision
― Kill Decision
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