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“The single word that directs a person’s fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact with is of course a common subject of entertainments and moralizing stories, but if everyone were to consider all the possible consequences of all one’s possible choices, no one would move a millimeter, or even dare to breathe for fear of the ultimate results.”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

“If you’re going to do something that crazy, save it for when it’ll make a difference. But absent near-omniscience there’s no way to know when that is.”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

“What we control,” Juliette said, “is our actions once fate puts us there.”
― Hugh Howey, Wool

“Such assertions, I would submit, are not only an excessive distraction from the main issues, but dangerously counterproductive. They invite ridicule—and, as we have seen, there is no shortage of people who ache to provide it.”
― Bill Bryson, Made in America

“What is your favorite movie?” they asked, just after they told me of their third awakening. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,”
― Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor