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“Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.”
― The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
― The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
“...there are people who try to look as if they are doing a good and thorough job, and then there are the people who actually damn well do it, for its own sake.”
― Free Fall in Crimson
― Free Fall in Crimson
“I had a lot of other ideas, now and then, but every time I took a second look at one, it got sick and died.”
― Four Day Planet
― Four Day Planet
“Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named...but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Friday
― Friday
“The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.”
― Citizen of the Galaxy
― Citizen of the Galaxy
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