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1 " Some thoughts should never be conceived. Some questions should never be asked, because they have no answer, and the questions themselves serve only to haunt with grinding guilt and second guessing. "
― Bobby Adair , Dead Fire (Slow Burn, #4)
2 " It was the sound of somebody punching a giant marshmallow that announced the detonation. "
3 " We were designated as a rally point for the refugees and survivors. The survivors. Can you believe it? Man, we were only a couple of days in when word came down. I "
4 " The whole experience was prime material for memory repression. I "
5 " For most of human history, life was brutal and bloody. Humanity just took a big backward step toward that. "
6 " In soothing tones I added, “Sometimes I notice little details. Besides, "
7 " I was a wicked pirate assassin on my way to kill. Arrgh! "
8 " turbidity "
9 " It was clear that the old man used it for a workshop. What he worked on wasn’t at all clear. "
10 " We were all commuters, traveling, serially to the same unsatisfying future, the same dead end. "
11 " those of us on the chain gang were going to get worked until near death, and then we’d be eaten. The "
