Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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Patricia decided there was nothing to do but climb the nearest tree and see if she could see anything from it. Like a road. Or a house. Or some landmark that Dirrp might recognize.
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Trust hipsters to make even the collapse of civilization unbearably twee.
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Maybe increasing the aggregate level of happiness in the world is one way to try and hold back the crash.
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“Oh,” Patricia said. “Then I’m a witch. I guess.” “Ah.” The eagle’s hooked beak clicked. “But you will have to prove it. Or both you and Dirrp will be punished.
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...the scent of overpriced coffee was like the armpit of God.
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When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.
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If they had given standardized tests in assassin school, he would not have lasted a day.
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On the long drive home, Laurence tuned out his parents explaining to him that life isn’t an adventure, for chrissake, life is a long slog and a series of responsibilities and demands. When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.
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Every time you solve a problem you’d cause another problem. And maybe all these plagues and droughts are nature’s way of striking a balance? We humans don’t have any natural predators left, so nature has to find other ways to handle us.
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Serafina was late for dinner because her emotional robots had been having a nervous breakdown.
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And at the last, a war between magic and science that would leave the world in ashes. At the center of all this were a man and a woman, who were still children now.
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Laurence kept sneaking looks under the table at his propped-open copy of Have Space Suit - Will Travel. He was already halfway through the book.
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Worry is often a symptom of imperfect information.
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“My god,” Mr. Rose was saying loud enough to ring through the crowded hallway. “What have you done?
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Loose ends are cool... Loose ends mean that you are still living your life. The person who dies with the most loose ends wins.
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The only thing that makes life tolerable is that people forget all the stupid things I say as soon as I’ve finished saying them.
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If I could turn people into turtles, there would be turtles everywhere.
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Your friend would control nature," said the Tree, rustling through each syllable one by one. "A witch must serve nature.
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He couldn't believe that his last words on Earth would be "she's my rocket ship
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Hernan always says that a perfect moment of beauty can last forever. But maybe some moments are so ugly that they never end, either. All you can do is be patient with yourself.
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I mean, we're grown-ups now. Allegedly. And we feel things less than we did when we were kids, because we've grown so much scar tissue, or our senses have dulled. I think it's probably healthy. I mean, little kids don't have to make decisions, unless something's very wrong. Maybe you can't make up your mind as easily, if you feel too much. You know?
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Discovering a new phobia was like the opposite of falling in love.
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We don’t need better emotional communication from machines. We need people to have more empathy. The reason the Uncanny Valley exists is because humans created it to put other people into. It’s how we justify killing each other.
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It just … makes serendipity happen more often.