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Everyone would soon have more riches and power than they knew what to do with. That was the goal. That was the game’s win condition. It never occurred to me that it might also be the losing one. ~ Richard Powers, Playground
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“I am never going to know how to live without a community of purpose. I am going to keep looking for this for the rest of my life, whatever happens.” ~ Naomi Alderman, The Future
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“The amount of time you spent together probably matters, but less time doesn’t mean less love. Whether it’s a day or year, human or cat, and even if we may never see them again, there are those who are irreplaceable in our lives.” ~ Syou Ishida, We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
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Come All Hallows’ Eve, the walls would stand or fall. Weirdly, I’d begun looking forward to Halloween, because at least my waiting would be over. Limbo would end. I’d know what I had to deal with. I’d know exactly how good or bad things were going to be. I’d know if I could be relieved — a year would buy me plenty of time to figure out what to do — or if I should be terrified. Either way, I’d have concretes. Faefever ~~Karen Marie Moning
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I was reminded that humans have to read books. And that takes time. Lots of time. A human can’t just swallow every book going, can’t chew different tomes simultaneously, or gulp down near-infinite knowledge in a matter of seconds. They can’t just pop a word capsule in their mouth like we can ... No wonder they were a species of primitives. By the time they have read enough books to actually reach a state of knowledge where they can do anything with it, they are dead. ~ Matt Haig, The Humans
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“We humans have this wonderful intelligence. We should use this intelligence to increase the world’s happiness, to create peace, to bring greater compassion to society — sometimes I feel that’s our destination. To try to make a contribution to developing a compassionate society.” ~ Andri Snær Magnason, On Time and Water
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Raihn. He was on his knees, staring up at me. And that—the way he looked at me—was the first thing that felt real. Real, and raw, and… and confusing. Because he looked at me in sheer awe—like I was the most incredible thing he had ever seen. Like I was a fucking goddess. ~ Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent & the Wings of Night