“One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.”
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“I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved.”
― Snuff
― Snuff
“He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe.
Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.”
― Mort
Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.”
― Mort
“Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.”
― Snuff
― Snuff
“Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.”
― Sourcery
― Sourcery
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