Conan Chui

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“Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves”
― Iain M. Banks, Inversions

tags: ressentiment, wisdom

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“Patience can be a means of letting matters mature to a proper state for action, not just a way of letting time slip away.”
― Iain M. Banks, Inversions

tags: patience

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“If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!”
― Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

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“The swirling mist lay in the bottom of such great bowls like a broth of dreams.”
― Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas

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“Part of the training of a Special Circumstances agent was learning a) that the rules were supposed to be broken sometimes, b) just how to go about breaking the rules, and c) how to get away with it, whether the rule-breaking had led to a successful outcome or not.”
― Iain M. Banks, Matter

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