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Trying to wiggle fingers no longer attached to his body.

And so she wades hip-deep into the datastream, hands all ablur,

and I instruct her how to crack my own fortification.

It is like unraveling a part of myself.

I know where the stone is weakest. But still, it is a castle.

Towers reaching to the sky.

A single termite gnawing at its foundations.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Illuminae Files, #1-3

“The Nazlan believed that there was beauty in darkness, and that the daglight was more profane. They saw the stars as the Thousand Eyes of Trell watching them. The sun was the single, jealous eye of Trell'a brother, Nalt. Since Nalt only had one eye, he made it blaze brightly to outshine his brother. The Nazlan, however, were not impressed, and prefered to worship the quiet Trell, who watched over them even when Nalt obscured the sky." ~ Sazed in The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Belief?"
"Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?"
Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?"
"The most important kind, I think.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“But I See what it truly is.

The Draft Juliet sought at her Romeo’s lips.

Madness and poison, carved in endless scrawls of ones and zeros.

A binary of insanity.

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― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae