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Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science fiction writer known for his profound insights into environmental issues and his unique imagination of the future world. His works often explore themes of climate change, resource depletion, and the relationship between humans and nature.

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“Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to respect but never yield to. Pain was simply a message, telling him which limbs he could still use to slaughter his enemies, how far he could still run, and what his chances were in the next battle.”

Ifs Stills Use Running Pain Next Chance Enemy Battle Messages Terror Yield Limbs Slaughter Not Friends

Author:Paolo Bacigalupi

“They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.”

Stills Gold Blame Be Good Breathing

Book:The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

Source: The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

“It's still a load. If there was balance, the soldier boys would all be dead, and we'd be sitting pretty in the middle of the Drowned Cities, shipping marble and steel and copper and getting paid Red Chinese for every kilo. We'd be rich and they'd be dead, if there was such a thing as the Scavenge God, or his scales. And that goes double for the Deepwater priests. They're all full of it. Nothing balances out.”

Ifs Stills Cities Boys Rich Middle Balance Sitting Red Paid Soldier Scales Chinese Priests Load Steel Marble Copper Shipping

Author:Paolo Bacigalupi

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Born: August 6, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 76

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