D.L. Orton
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"I really wanted to love this book because the synopsis sounded so intriguing and I'm always here for time-travel stories! Alas, I think the writing severely dampened my enjoyment. I'm not opposed to simple writing style but here it was too simplistic"
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“Oh, come on. Drama is just life with the dull bits cut out.”
“Well, I’m ready for a long patch of boredom.”
― Crossing in Time
“Well, I’m ready for a long patch of boredom.”
― Crossing in Time
“Minutes turn into hours, and lifetimes into moments. Universes are created and destroyed with nary a pop. What was saved, no longer ex- ists. What was lost, no longer matters.”
― Crossing in Time
― Crossing in Time
“It is better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.”
― Crossing in Time
― Crossing in Time
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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“The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.”
― Altered Carbon
― Altered Carbon
“The world is your exercise book, the pages on which you do your sums. It is not reality, though you may express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write lies, or nonsense, or to tear the pages.”
― Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
― Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

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