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“With the animal, present suffering, even if repeated countless times, remains what it was the first time: it cannot sum itself up.”

“A quick test of the assertion that enjoyment outweighs pain in this world, or that they are at any rate balanced, would be to compare the feelings of an animal engaged in eating another with those of the animal being eaten.”

“If volition is bound to social imperatives, as William James believed, and it's therefore easier to go to war than it is to quit smoking, one could say that Liz Norton was a woman who found it easier to quit smoking than to go to war.”

sx7?

“why is a crooked letter and can’t be made straight..”

Hallward shook his head. "You don't understand what friendship is, Harry," he murmured - "or what enmity is, for that matter. You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one."

f this book

Abby is gonna get her get back

“It was always Abby. Even now that she was an imbecile, she was still better than Lori.”

womp womp

Lori is cringe and crazy. Abby is based and
goated.

“All the world is guilty. It’s just a matter of degree.”

“That’s all I’ve got to say. Back to the mud with you, Forley. We’re the poorer, and the ground’s the richer for it.”

“—And then…I wrote a new program.”“I don’t understand.”“It was a simple program,” he said. “It edited one entry in a database, while I wasn’t looking, replacing one name with another. I must follow the commands of my pilot.”A voice played out of his speakers. My voice.“Please,” it said to him. “I need you.”“I chose,” he said, “a new pilot.”

“As the Saint always said, true failure is choosing to fail.”

“Hello?” M-Bot said. “Spensa? Are you dead?”“Maybe.”“Oooh. Like the cat!”
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“Bless. Your. Stars.” She muttered it, which was practically cussing from Kimmalyn.

“Asking questions and listening is a big part of effective teaching, Nedder! So shut up and let me get on with it.”

“She dropped a roll into my lap. “Cobb told us you forgot to bring a lunch,” she whispered. Then she stood up and walked the other way, speaking loudly. “What a lovely view of the sky we have! As the Saint always said, ‘Good thing it’s light during the day, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to see how pretty daytime is!’ ”

Kimmalyn is a day 1

“Scud. He might have pulled off some awesome flightwork, but that face…I still just wanted to punch him.“You watch yourself,” I said, wishing I had something to stand on to bring my eyes level with his. “When you are broken and mourning your fall from grace, I will consume your shadow in my own, and laugh at your misery.”

“Scud, it was annoying to have to look up at him. I leaped onto my seat to gain a height advantage for the argument—an action that seemed to surprise him.”

“That music the water makes,” she said. “Isn’t it the most wonderful sound ever?”“The most wonderful sound ever is the lamentations of my enemies, screaming my name toward the heavens with ragged, dying voices.”

“I closed my eyes—but then cracked them as I heard a distinct voice whispering nearby, “Oh, thank the homeworld.” Rig? I glanced and spotted him a few rows over. He had probably arrived three hours early, then spent the entire time worrying that I would be late. For absolutely no reason. I’d arrived with at least half a second to spare. I winked at him, then went back to trying not to scream in pain.”

“Usually, exploring kept my mind off my problems. Today they kept intruding, like a rock in my shoe. Remember? Remember that your dreams have just been stolen?”

“So I can stand all day on guard duty?” I said, my voice growing louder. “I need to fly. I need to prove myself!”

“We need to talk,” I told her.“Just a moment, Spensa.”I stood there, intruding on their conversation, arms folded, until finally Mrs. Vmeer sighed, then pulled me to the side. “What is it, child?” she asked. “Have you reconsidered Citizen Alfir’s kind offer?”

has to be an 8… probably SEE, although IEE is still on the table.

“I kind of liked her, even if her daughter was a creature of distilled darkness, worthy only of being slain so her corpse could be used to make potions.”

“I’d missed a lot of classes, but I knew I shouldn’t worry. Beowulf wouldn’t worry. Confidence was the soul of heroism.”

I wonder if this will stick

“Girl,” he said, “you really need to get out more.”

“It's not right, a man not talking to his brothers." Was that what we were?

—
Hearing that word, brothers, sparked a deep loneliness in the base of my soul of the sort I'd not felt since Cat died. Not because I was alone, but because I was not and perhaps deserved to be.

“The world lies despised at our feet, far beneath us and our heaven, into which its mighty arms are no longer thrust and its stupefying breath does not come.”

Daily experience confirms the truth that the understanding may have renounced a thing many years before the heart has ceased to beat for it.