Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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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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That’s the definition of evil right there: not faking it like everybody else. Because all of us crazy fuckers can’t stand it when someone else lets their crazy show. It’s like bugs under the skin. We have to destroy you. It’s nothing personal.
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Trust hipsters to make even the collapse of civilization unbearably twee.
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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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“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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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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And she felt like they, the two of them, right here, right now, could make something that defied tragedy.
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At last, Roberta had found an authority figure she could please without hating herself.
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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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Listen to yourself, hear your own footsteps, your breaths, your heartbeats, oh, how many rhythms you make as you come and go! you are an orchestra.
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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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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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...the scent of overpriced coffee was like the armpit of God.
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Worry is often a symptom of imperfect information.
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It just … makes serendipity happen more often.
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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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Serafina was late for dinner because her emotional robots had been having a nervous breakdown.
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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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A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn't know it yet.
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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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If she ended, his life would go on, but his story would be over.
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Your friend would control nature," said the Tree, rustling through each syllable one by one. "A witch must serve nature.