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““They had left the silo in cleaning suits as all cleaners do, because a life cooped up becomes intolerable, and to stagger over a hill, even to death, becomes a great longing.””

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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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“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.”

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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

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“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.”

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“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.”

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“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.”

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