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If the UN wants to space her, I'll push the damn button myself.
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Daniel Abraham |
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After a certain point, the past becomes irrelevant.
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Daniel Abraham |
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686bfba
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I've been famous before. It's not so great.
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Daniel Abraham |
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1924baa
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There's a difference between tragedy and evil, and I am that difference.
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Daniel Abraham |
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c4877e4
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You mean you want me to make it look like you're doing something while you figure out what to do.
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Daniel Abraham |
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5e4d50b
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Some secrets stayed secrets because nobody knew them. Some because nobody told.
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Daniel Abraham |
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f40ec15
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Everything was an artifact of its function. That's what made evolution so gorgeous.
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Daniel Abraham |
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810fed7
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Human brains needed an answer, even if they had to make up something they knew was bullshit.
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Daniel Abraham |
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3f1bc75
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You can order the sun to come up if you time it right.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Still. Maybe some good can come out of it.""I admire your psychotic optimism."
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Daniel Abraham |
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1ef6b83
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There were a lot of holes in that logic that he carefully avoided thinking about.
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Daniel Abraham |
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d07e3bb
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From where he was, the fear had stopped being an emotion and turned into an environment.
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Daniel Abraham |
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762f75b
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She isn't stupid, but she's learning to fake it.
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Daniel Abraham |
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1a7481a
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Just once I'd like to be rewarded for my optimistic view of humanity.
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Daniel Abraham |
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7e0776e
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We're still humans after all. Some percentage of us are always going to be assholes.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Naomi couldn't tell if she was more astounded by how much things had changed or how little.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Some things stayed secrets even when you told them.
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Daniel Abraham |
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You look old, Fred.""I feel old. But it's better than the alternative."
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Daniel Abraham |
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You can tell you've found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.
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Daniel Abraham |
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You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you've got is stories.
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Daniel Abraham |
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You are a special flower.""Well, sure. Just not used to anybody appreciating it."
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Daniel Abraham |
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History's made of surprises that seem obvious in retrospect.
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Daniel Abraham |
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c69a567
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That sounds like post hoc realpolitik rationalizing bullshit.
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Daniel Abraham |
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She wanted to care, but she didn't. She didn't have time.
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Daniel Abraham |
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There was no amount of double-checking that would ever prove that nothing had been missed.
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Daniel Abraham |
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It's good being young," he said, "but some people wear it better than others."
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Daniel Abraham |
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She grinned to herself. Safe. That sounded like a good plan. She should try that for a change.
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Daniel Abraham |
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He wasn't a man who reined in his curiosity well.
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Daniel Abraham |
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e6773a0
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A decent idea now is way better than a brilliant plan when it's too late.
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Daniel Abraham |
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If we're not willing to win the fight, I'm not sure what we're doing in the cage.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Dying's not an art project.""Maybe it should be."
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Daniel Abraham |
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She'd ended with I'll do whatever I can, but you might have to make do with being avenged.
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Daniel Abraham |
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If wars began with rage, they ended with exhaustion.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Politics is the art of the possible, Captain Pa. When you play at our level, grudges cost lives.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Time healed all wounds, but it didn't erase the scars so much as decorate them.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Collaboration with the dead left questions that could never be answered.
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Daniel Abraham |
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She couldn't beat sense into a stone. Not even when it seemed fun to try.
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Daniel Abraham |
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All the food chemists in the system will never do better than evolution at making a decent tea leaf.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Everyone spies on everyone, Camina. Let's not pretend to be outraged at water for being wet.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Put a dozen people in front of their cameras, and you'd wind up with thirteen opinions.
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Daniel Abraham |
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cdb032f
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Patriotism was weird shit.
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Daniel Abraham |
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b95a73a
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That says more about you than about the reality of things.
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Daniel Abraham |
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The universe was tricky, and its sense of humor came with teeth.
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Daniel Abraham |
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Still. She had hoped. It never hurt to hope, except when it did.
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Daniel Abraham |