“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.
- Breeze”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
- Breeze”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
“For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me.
Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.”
― The Hero of Ages
Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.”
― The Hero of Ages
“Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience.”
― Ancillary Justice
― Ancillary Justice
“Do you know the parable about the frog in the cream? Two frogs landed in a pail of cream. One, thinking rationally, understood straight away that there was no point in resistance and that you can’t deceive destiny. But then what if there’s an afterlife – why bother jumping around, entertaining false hopes in vain? He crossed his legs and sank to the bottom. The second, the fool, was probably an atheist. And she started to flop around. It would seem that she had no reason to flail about if everything was predestined. But she flopped around and flopped around anyway . . . Meanwhile, the cream turned to butter. And she crawled out. We honour the memory of this second frog’s friend, eternally damned for the sake of progress and rational thought.”
― Metro 2033
― Metro 2033
“It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.”
― Foundation's Edge
― Foundation's Edge
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