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Jim C. Hines
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“I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.”
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“Modern fantasy is little more than juvenile escapism and anachronistic longing for a time that never existed. I’ve never understood the appeal.”
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“This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking,” snapped Jackson. “We don’t know if Isaac is capable of any of this.” “He believes he is,” said Bi Wei. “I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies,” Jackson shot back. “That doesn’t make it true.”
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“What are you doing?” asked Nicola. “Making sure I know what I’m doing.” “Better late than never,” Lena murmured.”
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“In short, Fahrenheit 451 was never meant to be an instruction manual.”
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“Young Isaac had dreamed of fame. Young Isaac was an idiot.”
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“That’s…that’s magic.” “Pretty cool, isn’t it? If I had more time, I’d tell you how it worked.” “He would,” Lena said. “Even if you ask him to stop.”
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“Are you a doctor?” “Better. I’m a librarian.”
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“Hey, I’m just playing devil’s advocate.” “Since when did the devil need your help?”
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“History is the world’s most egotistical gossip.”
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“The nice thing about people like Jellybean Man was that I knew exactly where I stood. There was no subtlety, no subterfuge or second-guessing. It was a refreshing change from talking to politicians.”
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“Damn, Boss. See, this is why everyone likes it better when you’re away on your road trips.” “Don’t call me Boss. Also, staff meeting upstairs in the Wheeler room in 30 minutes.” “That’s cold, Boss. What did we do to deserve that?” “Keep it up, and I’ll make you sit through a PowerPoint presentation.” He raised his hands in surrender. “Cruel and unusual punishment.”
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“If there ever comes a day when I deliberately embrace ignorance, I’ll have lived one day too long.”
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“Change is a difficult, often violent process, both for individuals and for whole species. The more rapidly change, the uglier the conflict.”
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“I knew the one thing that truly mattered. I knew it could be done.”
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“Hon, nobody eats fried chicken because it’s good for them.”
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“This would be an excellent time for you to shut up.”
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“You want to know if it was worth it. I can’t answer that, Isaac. We can know what was, but not what might have been.”
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“Human ignorance has never needed help.”
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“You mean you just let him go?” “What did you want me to do?” I snapped. “Castrate him on the spot? Execute him?” “Both. Both is good.”
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“It’s not going to come to that,” I said. “Nobody ever believes it will,” so the driver. “That’s why it does.”
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“You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.”
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“Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.”
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“Your fear is all too human. Accept it, but as you walk this path, let your hope guide you.” “And what if hope guides me off the edge of a cliff?” “I said let hope guide you. I never said stop paying attention to where you’re going.”
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“She didn’t argue. That, more than anything else, told me she hadn’t fully recovered from everything she’d been through. A year ago, she would have argued with me on principle, secure in her teenage sense of immortality and invulnerability.”
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“Earthmaker sounds like a useful person to have around,” Jig said. “Aye. He’s one who rewards his followers. Over a hundred years I’ve offered up my sacrifices and prayed to him for guidance. Far be it from me to guess the mind of a god, but I’m thinking he’ll not repay a century of service by letting us all die here.” Ryslind strolled to the dwarf’s side. “Yet for all of your devotion, your magic is still limited to those powers your god grants you. To be so dependent on the whim of a deity would be disturbing, to say the least.” “It’s called faith,” Darnak snapped. “And it’s a far cry safer than your wizardry. When’s the last time you heard about a priest blowing himself up after trying a new spell and waving three fingers instead of four?”
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