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“Nothing is fair, except that we try to make it so. That’s the point of humans, maybe, to fix things the gods haven’t managed to.”

“Well, he’s a dog. They don’t have an idea how the world’s supposed to be, so it doesn’t bother them when it isn’t.
Except herding dogs. They have a pretty clear idea in their heads, so they’re always nipping and worrying and trying to get it to fit.”

“Rage was only useful if you were allowed to do anything with it.”

“The history of the world was written in women’s wombs and women’s blood and she would never be allowed to change it.”

“Having thus accidentally anticipated a few centuries’ worth of revolutionary political thought, Marra got down to the business of boiling water and making tea.”