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f8e6c40 The universe was tricky, and its sense of humor came with teeth. Daniel Abraham
8a53105 Still. She had hoped. It never hurt to hope, except when it did. Daniel Abraham
531f695 The universe owed her a little slice of luck like that. Daniel Abraham
016a4f5 Every revolution needed its mad bombers, apparently. Daniel Abraham
67fa570 It was a day with a lot of ways to die packed in it. Daniel Abraham
d16d08c The fight for survival made everything either resilient or forgotten. Daniel Abraham
fd78beb The universe wasn't just stranger than you knew, it was stranger than you could know. Daniel Abraham
e3e5e56 Pacifism only works when your enemy has a conscience. Daniel Abraham
33bfc39 There had to have been a moment when this had become the new normal. Daniel Abraham
26494b4 It was like a Chihuahua threatening an office building. Daniel Abraham
78fca3f That was somewhere between a guess and a metaphor, but it helped her to think about it. Daniel Abraham
efafa04 This was the problem with thousand-year Reichs. They came and they went like fireflies. Daniel Abraham
6dec2f1 I'm not sure if dying free is as attractive when it stops being rhetorical. Daniel Abraham
92275f6 I'm sorry," Elvi said. "Wait. No. I'm actually not. Are you fucking crazy?" Daniel Abraham
44ae9aa It had seemed like a kind of magnanimity at the time. It looked more like necessity now. Daniel Abraham
4041b90 That's what decades of marriage were for. Intimacy and pattern matching as a kind of telepathy. Daniel Abraham
fae4c06 This was stupid.It was worse that stupid. It was dishonest. Daniel Abraham
2cdc910 That was the thing about hubris. It only became clear in retrospect. Daniel Abraham
1d53b83 The chime rang, calling them all to the dining room like the most privileged cattle in the universe. Daniel Abraham
7688952 She'd been a different girl then. He'd been a different man. She missed both of them. Daniel Abraham
9ad2a2d Holden's a decent person. Decent people have trouble with murdering children. Daniel Abraham
234594f Time for more smiling lies. More veiled threats. More--and he used the word as an epithet--diplomacy. Daniel Abraham
b941bad Fatalism had its dark attractions, after all. Hopelessness and despair could almost look restful. Daniel Abraham
fe03a59 The dysfunctions and idiosyncrasies of childhood became the self-evident norms of adulthood. Daniel Abraham
f420a88 Anyone could die at any time, and the universe didn't give a shit. Daniel Abraham
2fdf54e Owning your mistakes meant not making them twice. Daniel Abraham
49060f4 Seems like the right tentacle ain't keeping track of what the left tentacle's up to," Amos said. Daniel Abraham
03c220a She was reaching for supernatural answers when memory and mundanity were enough. Daniel Abraham
b660ac1 Optimism is for assholes," Miller said with a laugh. Daniel Abraham
02815c7 Nothing humans can touch goes unmodified. Daniel Abraham
9c4a760 Music has the capacity to create a greater reality. Daniel Barenboim
fd9d4ff When a person is confirmed by others, there has to be some sign of recognition. Daniel Bell
f4581b3 Today, the culture can hardly, if at all, reflect the society in which people live. Daniel Bell
a99a14c Television, as the most "public" of media, has its limits. Daniel Bell
ab85c49 Where religions fail, cults appear. Daniel Bell
1edd555 The discussion of any society risks seduction by what is transient and tumultuous. Daniel Bell
57ac59e The virtue of the market is that it disperses responsibility. Daniel Bell
fbf1782 One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible." Daniel Berrigan
0cd3035 I can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. Daniel Boone
9ef50e3 I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after. Daniel Boone
e51dd57 It takes facing obstacles to grow strong enough to overcome them. Daniel Dae Kim
5158a67 Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever? Daniel Daly
fd677f8 I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines. Daniel Daly
b74a0fe re: Abraham Lincoln] "Shall we stop this bleeding." Daniel Day-Lewis