Galactic

“As a species, we have evolved to survive. And the way we do it is by straining and straining and, at last, every few generaitons, giving brith to genius. The one who invents the wheel. And light. And flight. The one who builds a city, a nation, an empire...I'll put it bluntly. Human beings are free excpet when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me - to find out what you're good for.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“Still, even when false, legends can be most informative.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn

“There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did. ”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World