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“In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

tags: fast-food

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“A born detective never needs to be told that everybody lies – he or she has always known it.”
― Peter Grainger, Time and Tide

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“The Lord of the Rings is a million times more interesting than mere literature, which is why mere literary critics cannot get to grips with it.”
― Robert McNeil

tags: lord-of-the-rings

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“Because I'm too old for tragedy. I like a nice happy ending too.”
― Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact

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“They were wise in their own skills, but most of them seemed to think that that made them wise in everything, which did not appear to be the case.”
― Robert Silverberg, Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another

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