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And so we’ve had another night Of poetry and poses And each man knows he’ll be alone When the sacred ginmill closes. —DAVE VAN RONK
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“she might as well be arguing with the firearms instructor at the gun range about why we all have to point our weapons in the same direction.”
― Death Stake
― Death Stake

“Some things are hard, even if they are right. Even if you know they are the proper, decent way. I was glad to have left herbs for those men whose lungs and minds had not known Highland winters before. It was kindness. And kindness is worth showing.”
― The Highland Witch
― The Highland Witch

“They are voices from the past and their actions have echoed into our world and, unknown to them, they preserved our future.”
― Beware the Midnight Train
― Beware the Midnight Train

“After all that work and getting blown up, I'm exhausted. Tomorrow I'll have to do a million equipment checks and try to figure out what exploded, but for now I just want to sleep.
I'm in the rover again tonight. Even with the hydrogen gone, I'm reluctant to hang out in a Hab that has a history of exploding for no reason.”
― The Martian
I'm in the rover again tonight. Even with the hydrogen gone, I'm reluctant to hang out in a Hab that has a history of exploding for no reason.”
― The Martian

“Maybe all people have that feeling deep down, that your hometown is something you can never really escape, but can never really go home to, either. Because it’s not home anymore. We’re not trying to make peace with it. Not with the streets and bricks of it. Just with the person we were back then. And maybe forgive ourselves for everything we thought we would become and didn’t.”
― The Deal of a Lifetime
― The Deal of a Lifetime

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