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"Never trust a happy moment. It will always find its way back to despair." — Jul 27, 2026 11:07PM
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"This somehow makes Covid feel like a historical event that happened in the remote past. The way she calls up the absurdity of what life was like then is really potent." — Jul 01, 2026 06:16AM
"This somehow makes Covid feel like a historical event that happened in the remote past. The way she calls up the absurdity of what life was like then is really potent." — Jul 01, 2026 06:16AM
Gethenians could make their vehicles go faster, but they do not. If asked why not, they answer “Why?” Like asking Terrans why all our vehicles must go so fast; we answer “Why not?”
“Parting with people is a sadness; a place is only a place.”
― Dune
― Dune
“He’d read a few—they were all set at outposts on the far Republic frontiers, full of unrequited love and longing glances…the only action was the lightsaber battles that were clearly a substitute for what the characters really wanted to do.”
― Light of the Jedi
― Light of the Jedi
“the galaxy didn’t care what you thought couldn’t be broken. It would break things just to show you it could.”
― Light of the Jedi
― Light of the Jedi
“Being a Jedi was not about saving oneself. It was about saving others.”
― Light of the Jedi
― Light of the Jedi
“Several minutes later she sat with her back against a cavern wall eating a spicy ocher meat patty. Grease dripped onto her sling as she fantasized about running, finding a ship in need of a half-competent mechanic, and signing on in return for passage.”
― Alphabet Squadron
― Alphabet Squadron
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