The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor had they been since he had made the error of looking into his soul. It had indeed been an error. It had been late one night-- of course. It had been a difficult day-- of course. There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system-- of course. And he had, of course, been slightly drunk. In other words, all the usual conditions that bring on a bout of soul searching had applied, but it had, nevertheless, clearly been an error.
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The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.
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It would not do to be Lord of a universe inhabited solely by serfs.
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I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction?
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Everything was so much sharper without the Link fogging me--sights, sounds, smells. It was exhilarating and shocking and terrifying. I knew my emotions had grown too strong. They were dangerous to the Community. They were dangerous to me. But still, I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live. And that meant that I couldn't give the glitching up. At least not yet. Just a little bit longer.
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Jaren found that, in doing balancing exercises, he could shut out not only the anxiety he felt but also the whisperings of the magic. The more he practiced, the better he could insulate himself from its insistent voice, and all other worries, and just focus on being..
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Being a mercenary, though.. Hey, we just go wherever there's a mixture of money and trouble, and everyone in the galaxy is a potential customer. Even the people you're paid to shoot at?Well, yeah. There are customers we serve, and customers we service.-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn
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Maxim 10: Sometimes the only way out is through.. Through the hull.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
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They can send death at once, but life is slower..
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It was unhealthy to get too attached. Such things were best reserved for people who had a life expectancy
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Thomas: Is it [my brain] fixed?Brenda: It worked, judging from the fact that you're not trying to kill us anymore..
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A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.
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May it be written. May it be done.
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Brahman and I are buddies.
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At one time, we all were Gods.
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When you're a kid, they tell you it's all.. Grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that's it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.
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The way you blunder from one catastrophe to the next, it's a wonder the whole galaxy doesn't hate you. The galaxy is a big place, General. You provincial military types don't get far enough out to really see that.-General Tagon
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You.. Are..a.. Fridge.. With wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're.. Freaking.. Ballet.. Dancers.
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Hobey-Ho, let's go.
A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.
Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three times over, [Marvin] was severely stuck for something to do, and had taken up composing short dolorous ditties of no tone, or indeed tune. The latest one was a lullaby. Marvin droned, He paused to gather the artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse.
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May the force be with you
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Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else. You gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears. When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way.
I spent most of my teen years trying to figure out the rules of life, theories for why things happened, why people behaved as they did, and mostly I came to the conclusion that either there were no rules, or the rules sucked. Reading science fiction wasn't about imagining myself into some more exciting life filled with adventure, it was about finding a world where things worked the way I wanted them to.
He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.
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