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I can't breathe. This was so exceptional. I'm crying. I'm laughing. I'm shaking. Holy shit that was one of the best books I've ever read.
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"Rereading this since I feel like smiling and crying simultaneously." — Nov 28, 2015 08:49AM
"Rereading this since I feel like smiling and crying simultaneously." — Nov 28, 2015 08:49AM
“Could you do a glamour and turn into something smaller?" I asked it. "Preferably not a chain, since it's no longer the 1990s?"
The sword didn't reply (duh), but I imagined it was humming at a more interrogative pitch, like, Such as what?
"I dunno. Something pocket-size and innocuous. A pen, maybe?"
The sword pulsed, almost like it was laughing. I imagined it saying, A pen sword. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”
― The Sword of Summer
The sword didn't reply (duh), but I imagined it was humming at a more interrogative pitch, like, Such as what?
"I dunno. Something pocket-size and innocuous. A pen, maybe?"
The sword pulsed, almost like it was laughing. I imagined it saying, A pen sword. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”
― The Sword of Summer
“I call it Andskoti, the Adversary. It is woven with the most powerful paradoxes in the Nine Worlds—Wi-Fi with no lag, a politician’s sincerity, a printer that prints, healthy deep-fried food, and an interesting grammar lecture!”
― The Sword of Summer
― The Sword of Summer
“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.”
LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― The Martian
LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― The Martian
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