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“Every detail is bizarre and disturbing, an aesthetic arising from the dreams of another phylum,”

“The transition from earnest, martyred leader to raving psychopath had simply happened without any discernible boundary being crossed.”

“If they were of any quality or calibre, then they would ascend by their own virtues.”
“Not if there was no structure that they could possibly climb. Not if all the structure that exists was designed to disenfranchise them.””

“to kill a male for a good reason, or after coitus, remains acceptable, despite occasional debates on the subject.”

“Guyen […] was glowering at Holsten as though his fierce regard could somehow inspire the classicist to greater efforts of antiquarianism.”

“‘You’re still the oldest man in the universe.’”