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Book cover for All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

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As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.

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“We are in a tight corner, now, I agree. But we have been in tight corners before and come out of them. You have to be brave a little longer.”
― Mary Hoffman, City of Flowers

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“I hardly think a girl is much of a threat. I presume you searched her for weapons? But if she attempts to suffocate me with her straw mattress, I promise to call out for help.”
― Mary Hoffman, City of Masks

tags: arianna, duchessa, dungons, guards

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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
― Mark Twain

tags: open-mindedness, travel

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“How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked.

'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.”
― Mary Hoffman, David

tags: art, workplace-wisdom

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“I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.”
― Mary Hoffman, City of Flowers

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