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“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.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“They pushed and pushed for so long. They knew I was something dangerous, something different. Sooner or later, they had to know I would snap and come to cut them down. Or perhaps they think I'm still a child. The fools. Alexander was a child when he ruined his first nation.”
― Red Rising
― Red Rising
“Nowhere is it written that you can’t do it.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“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.”
― Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
― Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
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