Paolo Bacigalupi - Life Quotes

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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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Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

Paolo Bacigalupi

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

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Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.

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