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Back home, we can't kill them fast enough," he says. "Even Grahamites offer blue bills for their skins. Probably the only thing they've ever done that I agreed with." "Mmm, yes." Emiko's brow wrinkles thoughtfully. "They are too much improved for this world, I think. A natural bird has so little chance, now." She smiles slightly. "Just think if they had made New People first." Is it mischief in her eyes? Or melancholy? "What do you think wo..
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An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.
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Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.
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We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.
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A desert's a stupid place to put a river.
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Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.
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Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice.
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If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.
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Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.
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Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
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Disarm to farm.
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