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“Look,' Mercator told her. 'You can talk to a person. You can reason with an individual. Usually. But people, that's another thing altogether. In a group is where they lose their way. Doesn't matter if it's humans, dwarves, or mir, if you put three or more in a room, they'll manufacture stupid like it was spun gold. They're like honeybees that way, except the product is never sweet. Don't listen to them. Listen to me. Don't listen to people, listen to a person.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter

“Tank you, sir, but I’m not susceptible to flattery.
A dissimilarity we share. I am only susceptible to flattery.”
― Heba Al-Wasity, Weavingshaw

“If our pasts aren’t our present, there’s likely a reason.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter