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“The best thing I ever did in life was nothing, and I got a medal for it. I was a hero once.” quote by Hugh Howey — Download Open image

““The best thing I ever did in life was nothing, and I got a medal for it. I was a hero once.””

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“the mind-numbing routine. It was the castration of thought,”

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“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,”

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Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

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“The Loud came before the quiet. That was a Rule of the World, for the bangs and shouts need somewhere to echo, just as…

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“People from IT sent to replace those they’d killed. Juliette’s”

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“a heap of words designed to hinder communication rather than facilitate it.”

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“That leaves Bravo Company, the expendables who know what they’re doing.”

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“Sleep was a vehicle for passing the time, for avoiding the present. It was a trolley for the depressed, the impatient, and the dying.”

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“Overhead, tangles of wires knotted together in a grand display of unplanned infrastructure.”

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“Montana wants to scream, but the thing she is angry at is in the past. The past can’t hear her. This is the thing,…

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“I guess what I'm sayin' is, if you want to give Jules a job, be very careful.” “Why be careful?” Marnes asked. Marck gazed…

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One of the many things that surprised me about 'Wool' is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

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