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1 " Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a proper job. "
― Jonathan Maberry , Dust & Decay (Rot & Ruin, #2)
2 " Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life. "
― Bruce Sterling , Shaping Things
3 " The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. They are what it is made for. But sometimes a tool may have other uses that you don't know. Sometimes in doing what you intend, you also do what the knife intends, without knowing. "
― Philip Pullman , His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
