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1 " He had grown up believing that the universe was hostile to people and in a way that made them important. They were locked in a grand struggle with a great enemy. The truth was a lot worse. The universe did not care at all. "
― Gregory Benford , Furious Gulf (Galactic Center, #5)
2 " Immortality is an aim, not a fact. "
3 " Logic said it was impossible but logic wasn’t doing too well here lately, was it? "
4 " Escape has two steps: first, separating from the pursuer. Then, distancing yourself from the incident, so nobody suspects the distant hubbub has you as its prey. "
5 " We say that life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think. "
6 " Maybe it was common for intelligent beings anywhere to think of themselves as the crown of creation—The People—and everybody else as a smart animal at best. "
7 " Time goes, you say? ah no! Alas, time stays, we go. "
8 " emerges from logic, not desire. "
