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The small don’t survive long unless they learn when to avoid attention,
The bishop’s tone of voice had managed to get through to her nervous system by going around the middleman of her conscious brain.
Like any group that accepts pretty much anybody, the membership of the Bastards was made up entirely of young males who felt worthless and powerless—guys who look at the creatures wriggling around in the mud and think, He thinks he’s better than me.
That’s what makes reality reality, the fact that it just keeps being true no matter how much you argue with it.”
“I suppose the one bright side to all life on Earth ending is that there’s nobody left to remember who was responsible.”
“Everybody lies to children, even their parents. The day a child realizes that is the day they start becoming an adult.”
Occasionally, ignorance works in one’s favor.
As Tyler landed, Gary asked, “When she called you Butt Brain, do you think she meant that your brain is in your butt, or that your brain is a butt?”
“So you’ve been using people’s fears and beliefs to fool them into being honest with you, and to motivate them into resisting all of their baser instincts and lazy, selfish habits so that they’ll do what they know in their hearts is the right thing to begin with.”
“When you’re threatening people, the words aren’t nearly as important as the tone of voice.”
“Good plans almost never contain the word somehow.”
