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Great. This is what I had missed in science fiction. While the first novel had an engaging story but lacked as a novel in many ways, the second book of the trilogy made up for so much of it. Nerd stuff, too, a LOT of it. "
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What about a science fiction story in which the science collapses? I absolutely loved the book, despite its many flaws. Science has lured and mesmerized me more than anything else, and so what made me fall in love with some classics of science fictio ...more "
“An ancillary body might feel momentarily overwhelmed, or irritable, or any emotion one might think of—it was only natural, bodies felt things. But it was so very small, when it was just one segment among the others, when, even in the grip of strong emotion or physical discomfort, that segment knew it was only one of many, knew the rest of itself was there to help.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Oh, how I missed the rest of myself.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“And what is civilization, to you, but us being properly grateful to be murdered and raped and stolen from?”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Still that expressionless face. “Water will wear away stone, sir.” It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won’t cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. Said with enough irony, it could also imply that since the gods surely had a purpose for everyone the person in question must be good for something, but the speaker couldn’t fathom what it might be.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“I find forgiveness overrated. There are times and places when it’s appropriate. But not when the demand that you forgive is used to keep you in your place.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
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