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career in flying was like climbing one of those ancient Babylonian pyramids made up of a dizzy progression of steps and ledges, a ziggurat, a pyramid extraordinarily high and steep; and the idea was to prove at every foot of the way up that
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“I notice that many of my stories are about accepting differences and change … and very few are about fighting threats from elsewhere.”
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?
― How Long 'til Black Future Month?
“A good marriage is one where both parties feel that they got the better deal,”
― Swordheart
― Swordheart
“Once you have a legal system in place, you mostly need good clerks and people to make sure that the powerful don’t walk all over everyone.”
― Swordheart
― Swordheart
“People do frown on monstrous evil,” said Halla. “Not nearly often enough if you ask me,” Sarkis said.”
― Swordheart
― Swordheart
“The bottom line is this. To care about climate change, you only need to be one thing, and that’s a person living on planet Earth who wants a better future. Chances are, you’re already that person—and so is everyone else you know.”
― Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
― Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
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