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Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.
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Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.
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The symbol for the Environment Ministry is the eye of a tortoise, for the long view—the understanding that nothing comes cheap or quickly without a hidden cost.
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Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.
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All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.
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When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.
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It's human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.
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Don't tell me about worth," Nita said. "My father commands fleets." "The wealthy measure everything with the weight of their money." Tool leaned close. "Sadna once risked herself and the rest of her crew to help me escape from an oil fire... Your father commands fleets. And thousands of half-men, I am sure. But would he risk himself to save a single one?
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She does not know how little anyone cares to separate wheat from chaff, when all anyone wants to do is burn a field.
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Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a few demagogues encouraging hatred to set your kind upon one another. And then before you know it, you have a whole nation biting on its own tail, going round and round until there is nothing left but the snapping of teeth.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
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Born:
August 6, 1972
(age 51)
Bio:
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Known for:
The Windup Girl (2009)
Ship Breaker (2010)
The Water Knife (2015)
The Drowned Cities (2012)
Pump Six and Other Stories (2008)
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