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I know you're sane and you know you're sane. But what if we're both wrong?
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This planet's secret menace was--freedom!
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Paradox is the inevitable forerunner of chaos.
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Ifs and buts could erode the soundest of principles.
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Had he been right or was he just another visionary?
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Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic.
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It was one hell of an inspection when you went around finding how many sane men you had left.
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He exaggerated somewhat. In fact, not one word did he say that was true.
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Love is always a risk; but hate is a deadly peril.
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Still, no matter how commonplace, one's death is the most interesting event of one's life.
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They were shunned, and they had reacted to exclusion by exclusiveness.
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Remember, the inevitable inefficiency of a huge bureaucracy will be working for you.
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It was as easy as falling off a precipice.
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Even rulers, notoriously the slowest of men to change, realized that something had to be done.
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Love is a wonderful game which begins in fun and ends in marriage.
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The acceptance of indeterminacy is the beginning of wisdom," the hermit quoted.
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Nature abhors a vacuum, and I don't like it much either.
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All men are mortal, he tells us, but some are more mortal than others.
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Last week we revoked his Godhead; we caught him operating a life without a license.
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In a way it made no difference, since nothing is permanent except our illusions.
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A little prescience goes a long way, especially in a galaxy as disorganized as this one.
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Remember, similitude need not imply exactitude.
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Blount's face registered psychopathic amazement, idiot incredulity, moronic disbelief.
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Words, in the final analysis, are just about as futile as actions, and much less fun.
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I've never been able to understand that custom.""Not all customs have to have a reason."
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Michelangelo," Teresa said, "you shouldn't blaspheme.""Who's blaspheming? I'm praying."
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He was the sort of man the essence of whose presence is absence.
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