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read in August 2025
“Adjust orbit while stupid. Good plan.'
I snicker. 'New word: "sarcasm." You say opposite of true meaning to make point. Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
I snicker. 'New word: "sarcasm." You say opposite of true meaning to make point. Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
“I guess this is it,' I say.
'It is time, ' he says. 'We go save homeworlds now.'
'Yeah.'
'Your face is leaking.'
I wipe my eyes. 'Human thing. Don't worry about it.'
'Understand.' He pushes himself along to the airlock door. He opens it and pauses there. 'Goodbye, friend Grace.'
I wave meekly. 'Goodbye, friend Rocky.”
― Project Hail Mary
'It is time, ' he says. 'We go save homeworlds now.'
'Yeah.'
'Your face is leaking.'
I wipe my eyes. 'Human thing. Don't worry about it.'
'Understand.' He pushes himself along to the airlock door. He opens it and pauses there. 'Goodbye, friend Grace.'
I wave meekly. 'Goodbye, friend Rocky.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Rocky admonished me for leaving the sample at (human) room temperature for so long. He had a lot to say on that subject, actually. We had to add “reckless,” “idiot,” “foolish,” and “irresponsible” to our shared vocabulary just so he could fully express his opinion on the matter.
There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant.”
― Project Hail Mary
There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Humanity has been accidentally causing global warming for a century. Let’s see what we can do when we really set our minds to it.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Führer has finished the justification for "Case Yellow", Jodl noted. Belgium and the Netherlands were to be accused of having acted "most unneutrally".”
― The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
― The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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