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“He couldn’t help thinking of cities he’d visited, back on Earth, where fantastic levels of wealth contrasted sharply with the most grinding poverty. Everywhere he looked, he saw the signs. Belos might be a rich world, but the population was poor.”
― The Firelighters
― The Firelighters
“No,” he said. “And, Domina, I would not have chosen them. I would greatly have preferred to start shoulder to shoulder with others, or even handicapped. As it is, I am always in a false position; anything I can ever achieve is done by a form of cheating, is the result of an accident of birth.”
― Thrones, Dominations
― Thrones, Dominations
“There is a difference between knowing the path you must walk, and how exactly to place your feet along every step of the way.”
― Point of Impact
― Point of Impact
“I said, “We have to play the good guy and supply them with what they need to survive. How stupid they are with what they have, you cannot idiot-proof anything; they keep coming up with new and improved idiots.”
― The Eighth Artifact
― The Eighth Artifact
“She had little sympathy for the student loan companies that had lent vast sums to students with little hope of repayment, then whined when the students fled into space rather than letting their lives be destroyed by debts they could never repay. Idiots. If they hadn’t thought the government would underwrite the loans …”
― The Firelighters
― The Firelighters
Sandy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sandy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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134 friends
43 books
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270 books
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92 friends
183 books
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1,030 books
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66 friends
123 books
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30 friends
742 books
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209 friends
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