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1 " Who in all the world ever stands up to really outrageous evil? Not many. Most people satisfy themselves by strongly opposing little evils, like hurtful words and unpopular ideas and gluttony, where the risk of angering violent people is low. "
― Dean Koontz , Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not (Nameless: Season Two #4)
2 " grossly evil people or very stupid people—or evil stupid people—are in charge of almost everything, and the good smart people are afraid to oppose them because the evil people are vicious and the stupid people are too clueless to see where all this is going, and the people who are both evil and stupid, well, they’re the worst of all. "
3 " People like her are everywhere these days. When they believe your lie is the truth, when they fail to see that the freedom you claim to champion is in fact slavery disguised, they’ll live by whatever rules you imply without realizing they’re being obedient. "
4 " It is the history of evil people that they first seek to destroy innocence because innocence is beauty, and then seek to destroy what is merely beautiful because it reminds them of the innocence they have forsaken. "
5 " A lot of people think what happens is just chance, good luck or bad, that it always turns sooner or later, that we don’t make the world what we want it to be. But that’s plain wrong. We’re made to make our world, "
6 " She has long thought that the best thing about being rich—not that she ever will be—but the best thing is having all the books you want, with no concern about the cost. "
7 " When they believe your lie is the truth, when they fail to see that the freedom you claim to champion is in fact slavery disguised, they’ll live by whatever rules you imply without realizing they’re being obedient. "
8 " those who believe in nothing for long enough will eventually believe in anything. "
9 " Family is the glue that holds the world together, even when it’s not a family of one blood. "
10 " If this is a lonely life, it is also colorful. "