Rob

“waiting for the breathers to leave. I felt betrayed. Someone clapped me on the back paternally. “It had to be done, Jones.” I didn’t know him. “Get fucked,” I replied.”
― Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones

“I flipped the mask down and raised my leg to kick in the door. “Stop!” Alcibé fairly yelled. “Perhaps a little stealth is in order? At least sneak in and get the drop on them.” I thought about it for a moment. “Nah.” I kicked in the door.”
― Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones

“Eliot tried to popularize Thomas Jefferson and Socrates, too, but people couldn’t remember from one visit to the next who they were. "Which one is which?" they’d say.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

“I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one’s country; is it hate of one’s uncountry? Then it’s not a good thing.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness