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“Grown apart? Future? Seriously, you’re seventy years old!”
― Helga Flatland, En moderne familie

“Corruption flourished in the shadows. Unofficial hierarchies and centuries of accumulated rules and traditions made it impossible for newcomers to understand the esoteric rituals and power plays, let alone tackle galactic problems with any speed.”
― Alexander Freed, The Mask of Fear

“Hypocrites were easy to find in the Senate, but their flexible values meant they were also uncommonly willing to negotiate and compromise, so the systems of government never ground to a halt.”
― Alexander Freed, The Mask of Fear

“As someone who judges people every day, given my age I’ve demonstrated an embarrassing inability to judge myself. I didn’t realise that I only ever revealed a few sides of myself to those around me, instead wandering around believing others thought me to be as vulnerable as I felt. It’s because you look the way you do, nobody believes you could possibly feel any weakness, my ex once told me.”
― Helga Flatland, En moderne familie