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1 " The nature of conspiracy, which among those who both feared and named it, seemed to always possess at its core a misguided belief in the competence of others, as weighed against the incapacities, real or imagined, of the believer. Therefore, he concluded, the belief in conspiracy was an announcement of the believer's own sense of utter helplessness in the face of forces both mysterious and fatally efficient. "
― Steven Erikson , Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2)
2 " ...studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists." " I find that hard to believe" " Of course you do, you're an optimist. You have a misguided belief that things will go your way. You don't see the dangers till it's too late. Pessimists are more realistic. " That seems like a sad way to govern your life." " It's a safe way to govern your life. "