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“We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves.”
― William Gibson, The Peripheral

“Because people who couldn’t imagine themselves capable of evil were at a major disadvantage in dealing with people who didn’t need to imagine, because they already were.”
― William Gibson, The Peripheral

“The true purpose of a present is to be received.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“What was interesting was seeing how much of it could work, how much it really would maximize justice, and how it was going to fail. We could learn a lot from that.”
― Jo Walton, The Just City

“No real endings, no final perfect happiness, no irredeemable despair. Meetings, yes, breakfasts and suppers.”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy