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Tchula Ripton

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Tchula’s Quotes

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“All communication is manipulation,” Jedao said. “You’re a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit

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“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
― Ben Okri

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“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

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“In practice, the Hawks are people. People are political. I don’t expect any group of people to be perfect, theoretical beings—for one, the pay isn’t nearly high enough. Some of the racial decisions made are purely pragmatic; the Barrani are preferentially sent into figurative war zones because we’re much more likely to survive them. There is no equality because we are not equal; we are different. I attempt to respect those differences.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Honor

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