Everyone’s carrying something that their parents would have done differently if they’d known. Or if they’d been better people. Or if things had just been different. That’s all right. It’s normal.
“we broke into Mir using a Swiss Army knife. Never leave the planet without one.”
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
― An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“They’re not much different from kitchen trash bags, though I’m sure they cost $50,000 because of NASA.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“People believe in the supernatural because they do not understand. They do not understand the amazing complexity of the human brain and the influence of the subconscious mind. They believe in the supernatural because they do not appreciate just how unendingly wonderful nature truly is.’ ‘And”
― First and Only
― First and Only
“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects. You will never ask me to dinner again after saying this, I am afraid, Lady Narborough, but it is quite true." "Of course it is true, Lord Henry. If we women did not love you for your defects, where would you all be? Not one of you would ever be married. You would be a set of unfortunate bachelors. Not, however, that that would alter you much. Nowadays all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“He could see Bonzo's anger growing hot. Hot anger was bad. Ender's anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo's was hot, and so it used him. ”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
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