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“When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash

“We are going to eat ice cream and we are going to eat shit. The trick is to use different spoons.”
― The Ask
― The Ask

“Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game

“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.”
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“And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary?”
― The Corrections
― The Corrections

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