

“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.”
― The Martian
― The Martian

“You see, faith doesn’t have to make sense. If it did, it wouldn’t be faith, it would be logic.”
― Off to Be the Wizard
― Off to Be the Wizard

“O’Sama.”
― Year Zero
― Year Zero

“She swore me and Jimmy to secrecy because a female wizard is called a witch, and the locals have something of an attitude about witches.” Heads nodded in agreement. One voice at the back said something about her weighing the same as a duck, but nobody was in the mood.”
― Off to Be the Wizard
― Off to Be the Wizard

“He knew that the things the file allowed him to do would seem like magic to anyone who witnessed them. If he was going to escape to a point in the past, it should be a time when magic was believed to exist. That way, instead of people yelling, “Magic! It must be some kind of trick! Let’s beat him until he tells us the secret,” hopefully they would yell, “Magic! I’ve heard of that! I’ve never seen it in person, though!” The trick was finding a time and place where the next sentence wouldn’t be “Let’s burn him!”
― Off to Be the Wizard
― Off to Be the Wizard
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