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" But why do people need other planets?”
“All living things strive for maximum expansion in space.”
“This is the level of thinking of bacteria!” Dick exclaimed passionately. “People should behave like intelligent beings. This world is given to us as a testing ground. Even if you are right, if we finally fail the exam and self-destruct, then so be it. Even if there is a planet with ideal conditions for people, we have no right to capture it. Because everything will happen again. If we have destroyed one world, we will destroy the other. Or, at best, we will exchange one prison for another. Our salvation is in love, in cooperation, in reasonable self-restraint, and not in thoughtless expansion in space. "
― Andrew Orange , The Secrets of Mars
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" As I found out back in the reservation, fear can suppress sexual desires, but it can also arouse them. It’s a strange paradox.”
“Yes, I see,” Kier said. “I’m afraid of you too … a little. Sometimes it deprives me of potency, but more often this fear, hmm … terribly excites me. Of course, it looks different from your side. I would like you to trust me more, in bed, in particular. "
― Andrew Orange , The Outside Intervention
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" Our world is an illusion, we are nothing, nothing can be changed, but the process of life itself has some value. ‘The movement is everything, the ultimate aim is nothing!’ Religion, science, creativity, and culture, in this concept, are just games with illusions and symbols. The most correct answer to the question ‘how much is twice two?’ is ‘how much do you need?’. Thus, the concepts of truth, good, and evil become meaningless. Certain illusions are no better than others. "
― Andrew Orange , The Outside Intervention
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" Everything that is natural is moral. It is natural for humans to provide for living, to eat, drink, have sex, have fun, spawn. And to fight each other, of course. This is a pleasure too in some ways. During hostilities, our bodies are working at full strength, with rushes of adrenaline, testosterone, and other hormones. Violence allows many people to end their lives without unnecessary suffering. Is it better to die of cancer or die of a bullet? Humanists tend to forget this. "
― Andrew Orange , The Secrets of Mars
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" People like you crucified Christ! False authority, false church, false people …”
“And they did the right thing! Your Christ was a megalomaniac. Considered himself to be god!” The girl’s pretty face distorted. “A complete loser, to make matters worse. He didn’t make loot, didn’t make a career, didn’t even fuck anyone. He managed only to cause a nuisance in the temple, perform some tricks, and wag his tongue. He brought about parasites like you. Those like you cannot take it by force; you try to manage by ruse and all sorts of false tales. There’s no space for people where you are. You suck it dry!”
“Don’t judge everyone by yourself!” Tim became very angry too. “Real parasites are people like you! You lie, humiliate others, rob, and kill! You aren’t able to come up with anything more difficult than a bludgeon. And you pretend to be Christians! "
― Andrew Orange , The Interchange