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This is how people change—in little quantum jumps when struck by outer events—no intention, no plan.
a good phrase
Her rover bounced wildly over a mound of basalt rubble; she braked, drove slowly up to the wall.
no self driving cars
It was amazing how floridly elaborated a pseudoscience could get.
yayyyy
Immigrants were being landed in cheap landing vehicles, bypassing the elevator and the authorities in Sheffield. Rocket-and-parachute landings, as in the old days; and there was little that could be done about it, without provoking an interplanetary incident.
He had been shocked by her touch. Poor flesh. So she had thought. Apparently she had been wrong. Which was too bad, because if she had understood; if he had understood; if they had understood; perhaps all history would have changed. Perhaps not. But they had not understood. And here they were.
okay thats a nice way to end i guess
The way language came to children was incredible. They were all geniuses at that age, it took adults years and years to twist them down into the bonsai creatures they eventually became.
