Abundance
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Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially.
“These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“Why do big men tend to have such little brains? Perhaps they get by on brawn too often, and their minds dry up like plums in the sun.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“Something dug into the Bloody-Nine's back, but there was no pain. It was a sign. A message in a secret tongue, that only he could understand. It told him where the next dead man was standing.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“And if a friend does you wrong, then say: "I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however--how could I forgive that!”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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