Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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That’s what history is, really,” Bianca says, “the process for turning idiots into visionaries.
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Discovering a new phobia was like the opposite of falling in love.
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I think that the most basic thing of ethics is being aware of how your actions affect others, and having an awareness of what they want and how they feel.
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Under a brazen sky that proclaimed all the things we had thought our limits were merely our prejudices.
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She already had enough people giving her shit for Aggrandizement, she didn’t need a friend who was sworn to tear her down.
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Actually, Laurence is hardly ever home; this is the first I’ve seen him in weeks. Which can only mean one thing: Red Dwarf marathon.
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Serafina was late for dinner because her emotional robots had been having a nervous breakdown.
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It just … makes serendipity happen more often.
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He found himself curious to ask her stuff and see how she responded - because he never, ever knew what Patricia would say about anything. He only knew it would be something weird.
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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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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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If she ended, his life would go on, but his story would be over.
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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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“Laurence?” “Yeah.” He shrugged. And then his eyes grew. “Patricia?” “Yeah.” “Oh, cool. It’s good to, uh, see you again. How have you been?”
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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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Everything is a different shape in the dark. Sharp edges are sharper, walls farther away, fragile items more prone to topple.
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People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way that's harder to get in and understand what processes are going on.
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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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At last, Roberta had found an authority figure she could please without hating herself.
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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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Greatest natural disaster in America’s history. The storm’s supermassive fetch, hurling the already-swollen ocean onto land. High winds and twenty inches of rain shredding Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. The President in a secure location.
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Plus Ginnifer’s Sexoskeleton, which would take way too long to describe.
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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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While Laurence was talking, a Tater Tot hit him in the head, but he just kept talking as if nothing had happened.