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Girl (In Real Life)

by Tamsin Winter (Goodreads Author)

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Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked, #2)

by Kerri Maniscalco (Goodreads Author)

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Mel’s Quotes

“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: ecosystem, habitat, mars, science, space-travel

470 likes

“If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?” I opened my mouth to say San Francisco or maybe Madrid—somewhere exotic. But what came out was, “Here. Right here.”
― Heather Demetrios, I'll Meet You There

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“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: humor

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“Nowhere is it written that you can’t do it.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

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“High School students in America debate why President Roosevelt didn't bomb the rail lines to Hitler's camps. Their children may ask, a generation from now, why the West stared at far clearer satellite images of Kim Jong Il's camps, and did nothing.”
― Blaine Harden, Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

tags: humanity, ignorance, justice, war

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