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“Yes, I’ve had experience with investigating suspicious fatalities in controlled circumstances.” Indah’s gaze wasn’t exactly skeptical. “What controlled circumstances?” I said, “Isolated work installations.” Her expression turned even more
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“A BS in any neuroscience without a master's or PhD was a three-legged dog of a degree: pitiable, adorable, and capable of inspiring applause when it did anything for you at all.”
― Afterparty
― Afterparty
“Эпиграф имеет целью убедить читателя, что автор не только пишет, но порой ещё и читает, причём умные вещи, из которых и берёт эпиграфы.”
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“Elrond,” Bruce said. “The Council of Elrond. From Lord of the Rings. It’s the meeting where they decide to destroy the One Ring.”
“Jesus,” Annie said. “None of you got laid in high school, did you?”
― The Martian
“Jesus,” Annie said. “None of you got laid in high school, did you?”
― The Martian
“If reality is not what you want it to be, change it. You should not accept anything blindly, not death, not immortality.”
― The Fractal Prince
― The Fractal Prince
“I like Russian trains. Not for comfort, of which there is none, nor speed, of which there is barely any to be spoken about, particularly when you relate it to the size of the country that must be crossed. Not even, particularly, for the view, which is inevitably repetitive, as Mother Nature decrees that her works of wonder can only occur so frequently across such a vast and cultivated space. I like Russian trains, or at least those I travelled on in the early spring of 1956, so many centuries after I gunned Lisle down in cold blood; I like the trains for the sense of unity that all these hardships create in its passengers. I suspect the experience is relative.”
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
― The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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