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“You packed my clothes for a trip you didn’t bother to tell me about?” “I really did hope you would come.” Why could she melt me so easily? “Shall we?” Mossa tilted her head towards the open door of the railcar emanating light and warmth. I
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It doesn't take long to recognize that this is a Sherlock Holmes detective story where Watson is in love with Holmes and Holmes is ... fond of Watson. That's fine, but there's really no grounding or development of "Watson's" feelings for "Holmes"; they're just there, which leaves me feeling like something's missing.
“Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.”
― Social Theory and Social Structure
― Social Theory and Social Structure
“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
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“I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born.”
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“For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me. Now I just imagine the whole thing is two miles below the moon’s surface, and that half the people’s right-brains have been eaten by roboticized steel rats. And suddenly it’s interesting again.”
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