Justin Steele
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“No, because it’s optimistic. Optimism gets people killed.”
“So it’s okay to kill if your intentions are pure?” “Hasn’t that always been the case?” Eliot takes a swig of his beer and flops back on the sofa. “Revenge. Capital punishment. Euthanasia. War.”
― Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
― Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
“Pain has a funny way of focusing the mind. Only what hurts matters.”
― Orphans of Chaos
― Orphans of Chaos
“What if they found a trapdoor out of this dead universe? A hole? A black hole? A place where the tyranny of time and space couldn’t reach?”
― The Golden Transcendence
― The Golden Transcendence
“There's something really liberating about having some corner of your life that's yours, that no one gets to see except you. It's a little like nudity or taking a dump. Everyone gets naked every once in a while. Everyone has to squat on the toilet. There's nothing shameful, deviant or weird about either of them.”
― Little Brother
― Little Brother
“Here is our first rule: Any life you create is yours, and must be cared for. No matter how humble or small, it is still yours, and you must answer for it.”
― Orphans of Chaos
― Orphans of Chaos
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