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“You’re a sacrificer. I don’t even know if that’s a real word, but that’s what you are. You do things you don’t want to do to make life better for the people around you. Like being the designated driver. That doesn’t make you boring. It
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“Because they were doing it for themselves. They didn't have to be a bunch of dazed dummies sitting on the ventriloquist's knee. It was so simple, but it was a revelation: what you did for yourself was what gave you the power.”
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― The Institute
“Sane people don't sacrifice children on the altar of probability. That's not science, it's superstition.”
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― The Institute
“It was good not to be alone in this anymore. He really hadn't realized how heavy that burden was until now.”
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― The Institute
“It wasn't very nice, but the truth seldom was.”
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― The Institute
“Life was basically one long SAT test, and instead of four or five choices, you got dozens.”
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― The Institute
Q&A with Margaret Atwood
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