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“How ironic, then, and how poetic, that humankind may have created the Creator out of want for one. Man creates God, who then creates man. Is that not the perfect circle of life? But then, if that turns out to be the case, who is created in whose image?”

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“To deny humanity the lesson of consequences would be a mistake. And I do not make mistakes.”

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“finding easy scapegoats for complicated problems had been a human pastime since the first mob of cavemen struck someone down with a rock.”

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“Suffering erased was the same as no suffering at all.”

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“Death must exist for life to have meaning.”

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“Anastasia felt inadequate among the greats, and yet they parted to make sure she was in the midst of them, as an equal.”

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“Wailing that the sky is falling does nothing to stop it.”

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“The end doesn't always justify the means, dear, she said. But sometimes it does. Wisdom is knowing the difference.”

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“I have come to realize that there are only two perfect acts. They are the two most important acts known to me, but I forbid myself to perform them, and leave them in the hands of humankind. They are the creation of life...and life's taking.”

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“Rowan grinned. "Come now, Your Excellency, there hasn't been a terrorist in hundreds of years. I'm just a janitor cleaning filth from dark corners.”

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“His eyes had a careworn coolness to them as if he had seen more than he should, and had stopped caring in order to save what was left of his soul.”

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“The human brain is not infallible. Memories and experiences can fall into discord, creating a cognitive dissonance that damages the mind with its painful sibilance. Most people can't even imagine that kind of emotional anguish. It leads to anger, and the kind of criminal activity that otherwise has been conquered by modern humanity. To those who suffer from it, there aren't enough psychotropic nanites in the world to quell their misery.”

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“The harder you scrutinize randomness," Faraday declared, "the more coincidence seems like a design.”

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“La muerte debe existir para que la vida signifique algo.”

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“Siempre me han preocupado aquellos con grandes posibilidades de cambiar el mundo. Nunca puedo predecir cómo conseguirán ese cambio, sólo que es probable que lo hagan.”

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