“It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.” ThinkingEndsGenerationsSpecialAll ThingsApocalypseHubris Author:Hugh Howey
“Run, we think, as buildings crumble. Run, as people perish.” PeopleThinkingRunningBuilding Book:Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories Source: Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories
“He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.” ThinkingMenWayShouldLongEndsEnoughShowsIndividualUnderstandingGunConscienceHarderKillingRoundsHipsPocketsLengthForbiddenPipeIndividual LifeDeputiesUnderstanding WhyKilling A Man Author:Hugh Howey