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1 " When I think of Simone now, I think of butterfly wings. Beautiful and excruciatingly delicate. Touch them once and they might disintegrate. "
― Nick Sagan , Idlewild (Idlewild, #1)
2 " It's all just zeros and ones. You're a zero. And I've won. "
3 " No existe justificación divina para el mal. Tal y como afirmaba Darwin: "Dios debe ser débil o perverso". "
4 " Todos los idiotas van por la vida pensando que son especiales, haciendo suyo ese engreimiento solipsista según el cual piensas que todo gira alrededor de ti, únicamente de ti. ¿Se nace con esta idea? Probablemente. Cuando descubres la empatía, se supone que abandonas lo anterior, pero tengo mis dudas de que sea posible hacerlo. Los monjes zen se pasan toda la vida intentándolo, pero es difícil. Siempre existe la posibilidad, por muy remota que pueda parecer, de que lo único verdaderamente importante es lo que está en tu mente, que tú eres la estrella de espectáculo, que todos los demás son simples personajes secundarios y que después de que tú mueras, todo dejará de existir. "
5 " We fear the monster's capacity for evil because we recognize it in human hearts. "
6 " The learned must educate the ignorant. Because, according to society, ignorance is never bliss. Except in retrospect. I look back upon my ignorance with the knowledge that I was much happier then than now. Consider this: children know precious little, but the profound ignorance comes from profound innocence. People really mean to say that innocence is bliss. And bliss is short-lived. "
7 " Blue believes the harmony to be motivated by self-interest. There is a resurgence of faith these days, a growing belief in organized religion, grace, damnation, heaven and hell. People treat each other kindly now, thinks Blue, because they hope to escape God's wrath. Blue does not believe in damnation and has trouble empathizing with those who do. In her fifty-two years, she has found no hard evidence, no scientific proof to convince her of God's existence. She considers herself an atheist. "
― Nick Sagan
8 " The soul secure in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim with age and nature sink in years, but thou shall flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. "
9 " I’m not dead. "
10 " Rich people defeat obesity through gene therapy. It's a fairly simple procedure, adjusting the metabolism. Poor people are stuck with diet and exercise. "
