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The entrance to the tower leading down exerted a kind of presence, a blank surface that let us write so many things upon it. This presence manifested like a low-grade fever, pressing down on all of us.
“But lies were what people wanted; that was politics.”
― Red Mars
― Red Mars
“There’s no material safety data sheet for astatine. If there were, it would just be the word “NO” scrawled over and over in charred blood.”
― What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“Language is but a huge set of false analogies. There has to be a better way to make a point.”
― Antarctica
― Antarctica
“Childhood isn't just those years. It's also the opinions you form about them afterward. That's why our childhoods are so long.”
― Green Mars
― Green Mars
“We were outside the world, we didn't even own things -- some clothes. . . . This arrangement resembles the prehistoric way to live, and it therefore feels right to us, because our brains recognize it from 3 millions of years practicing it. In essence our brains grew to their current configuration in response to the realities of that life. So as a result people grow powerfully attached to that kind of life, when they get the chance to live it. It allows you to concentrate your attention on the real work, which means everything that is done to stay alive, to make things, or satisfy one's curiosity, or play. That is utopia.”
― Red Mars
― Red Mars
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