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“True conspiracies are inflexible and susceptible to discovery, but imaginary plots are ever evolving and, as a result, invulnerable. That is to say, conspiracies are perishable, paranoia is not.”
― The Fall of Babel
― The Fall of Babel
“A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn't know it yet.”
― All the Birds in the Sky
― All the Birds in the Sky
“I sincerely apologize for copying your wife without her knowledge or permission.”
― Ready Player Two
― Ready Player Two
“She was named Jocaminca fforkes, with two small 'f's - as if having two 'f's wasn't pretentious enough”
― The Constant Rabbit
― The Constant Rabbit
“Second, you should know that if you choose to be a tyrant, you are conscripting yourself to a life of paranoia and isolation. Your reign will be defined by treachery, rebellion, and terror of your own dwindling faculties. I have conducted a survey of history and found that the most common causes of death among dictators are beheading, dismembering, disemboweling, hanging, and poisoning. Have you never wondered why the bullies of the past are always anemic, impotent, depraved, incestuous, deformed bedwetters? It's because their obituaries were written by their victims, written by the very men and women who pulled down their pants and chopped off their heads. So shall it be for you. You will live in fear, die in violence, and your name will be scorned for generations. Ruminate upon your fate young man, that is all I have to say to you.”
― The Fall of Babel
― The Fall of Babel
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