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Under the golden discs of her shades, she wore cheekbones from some Amerindian ancestor and a wide slash of a mouth that was currently set in a sardonic line.
“The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things . . . of sailing ships and sealing-wax, And whether pigs have wings.”
― The Running Man
― The Running Man
“Titles that distinguish us by class devalue people as much as racial classification. Divide and conquer, the go-to strategy of the ruling elite since the Dark Ages.”
― Salvation Lost
― Salvation Lost
“personal theory was that the pressure of being in the middle of the food chain was an essential prerequisite for complex intelligence. Like humans (and like Portiid spiders, had he only known), octopuses had developed in a world where they were both hunter and hunted. Top predators, in Senkovi’s assessment, were an intellectual dead end.”
― Children of Ruin
― Children of Ruin
“The fact is that caffeine never gave you energy. It stimulated your nervous system and adrenals, and that’s not energy, it’s stress.”
― Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug
― Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug
“Octavius Augustus became the first Roman emperor because the republic granted him enormous powers. And why did the republic do that? Why did it commit suicide to make way for an empire? Tacitus explains it thus: Cuncta fessa. Which means ‘the whole world is tired.’ Weariness in the face of political and social insecurity is what led to Rome losing its rights and freedoms. Fear induces a hunger for authoritarianism in people. Fear is a really bad adviser.”
― Tears in Rain
― Tears in Rain
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