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“Only a psychopath would ever think of doing these things, only a psychopath would dream of abusing other people in such a way, only a psychopath would treat people as less than human just for money. The shocking truth is, even though they now have most if not all of the money, they want still more, they want all of the money that you have left in your pockets, they want it all because they have no empathy with other people, with other creatures, they have no feeling for the world which they exploit, they have no love or sense of being or belonging for their souls are dead, dead to all things but greed and a desire to rule over others.”
― Arun D. Ellis, Corpalism

“Jake’s shirt and jeans gave off a business vibe with the hint of a wide range of corporate occupations from sales to IT. Only politicians and real estate agents wore a suit and tie these days. Dressed to push an agenda. A man wearing a two-piece suit and tie would be remembered and many people became guarded, sus of the wearer’s intention. Guarded meant memorable.
Blend into the environment; do not stick out.”
― Simon W. Clark, Dead Mercenary's Trail

“Let’s de-bunk some of this, shall we? Myth 1â€� Kings and Queens are divine beings â€� rubbish. Kings and queens of old were murdering bastards who ruled with a rod of iron. Myth 2 â€� the rich prosper out of godliness â€� more rubbish. They gained their wealth by royal patronage and taxing and stealing from the masses. Myth 3 - the poor are poor because they’re depraved â€� yet more rubbish. They’re poor because of their naivety and childlike belief in, oh yes, Kings and Queens, the Church and the order of things. Finally, Myth 4 - women are evil and deliberately seductive â€� the biggest nonsense of all. Women are sexually attractive to men because they are the opposite sex to men; it’s not hard to see, is it? It’s the same for every species on the planet, you can see it in any mating ritual on the Discovery channel but this truth has been reversed and buried under the eternal lie fostered upon us by the church. That’s what the bible has achieved and that’s why our society is divided and divided again. That’s why we are never working as one, because religion was designed to divide and rule the masses,â€� she broke off and looked deliberately round the room, “but the big question is, for what purpose and by whom?”
― Arun D. Ellis

“What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanat­ical killers?â€�
“A person’s senses are more acute when being hunted,� Reid said. “More adept at avoiding capture.�
These guys are good, Blake thought as a bead of sweat trickled down the small of his back. What have I gotten myself into?”
― Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.
â€� Winston S. Churchill”
― Ellen Brazer, Clouds Across the Sun

“Any guilt borne by the casualties wrought by his hands had long ago been buried by the honor of the cause. That was enough for Olson. He’d been programmed to think about the cause. Nothing else mattered. He knew that by exterminating the bad guys, he was pro­tecting the good guys.”
― Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

“The powerful win loyalty through fear, the humble win loyalty through love. Love’s loyalty will always last longer”
― Robert Reid, The Empress:

“Stepping back, Anika smiled at her prisoners and clicked open the Zippo. Its flame hopped to life. Wasting no time, she underhand-tossed the lighter through the air. It hit the middle of its target, and the banner exploded into flames. ”
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

“What could drive someone to that depth of depravity, taking the lives of men, women, and children he does not know and has no personal grudge against, just to make some deranged political or religious point?”
― Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us

“The United States has taught the world how to outsource war, which in turn has created a new breed of fighter. Trained in the armed services, they become highly efficient and highly paid killers.”
― Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us

“Anika walked to the workbench, which was flanked by two metal cabinets. She opened the cabinet on the left and spotted sundry items—nails, paint, and whatnot—that one expected to see. Even the rat poison with skull and crossbones on the bag made sense. She also saw, however, several boxes wrapped in white and labeled, “Explosive Plastic Comp-4 (C-4).â€� Paralyzed, she tried not to panic or stare. ”
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

“Although botulism is one of the most toxic substances known to man, it does not work immediately on its victim. It attacks the nervous system, which takes some time.
“If she doesn’t survive this poisoning, if she suffers any permanent damage, I promise the two of you that you’re as good as dead. You can hire all the protection there is in the world, but I will get to you.”
― Jeffrey S. Stephens, Enemies Among Us

“Gunfire doesn’t startle real Texans, particularly those from rural towns. Miranda’s children mastered pistols, shotguns, and rifles like magicians master top hats, rabbits, and playing cards. Texas bravado aside, however, fully automatic gunfire wasn’t kosher. Not even close. Mirandites cowered at the ominous sounds of hoodlums firing M-16s and AK-47s from train cars barreling through the town’s arteries on largely secluded tracks. ”
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

“Healthy people do not buy prescription drugs,therefore, big pharma does not produce drugs that actually cure anything.”
― J. Thomas Shaw

“Any self-defense class worth its salt will tell you that
you don’t pull out a weapon unless you intend to use it.
The same should apply to ballsy remarks.”
― Henry Mosquera, Sleeper's Run

“I think we need to be beholden to each other.”
― Robert Peate, Sisyphus Shrugged

“I have a story to tell for those who can still see, can still question.

A story of where you are, and how you got here. A story foretold by your poets and prophets through the ages. Read their words, their thoughts, so you may understand.”
― WH Wisecarver.com

“Today, only in fantasy may one speak truth.”
― WH Wisecarver.com

“His voice jolted Zoe out of her memories. Eyes fixed on the elegant bridge that arced over the Golden Gate, she recalled Uncle Yuan’s words as they sailed into San Francisco Bay: “Old Gold Mountain will give you a bright future.â€� Chasing their destiny, Chinese had called San Francisco Old Gold Mountain since the 1840s gold rush. But Zoe knew she was different from the dreamers of a hundred years ago. “I’m seeking knowledge, modern science, and technology, not gold,â€� she told herself. After the horror of the Japanese occupations and the chaos of China’s civil war, she’d been so happy in San Francisco. But after reading her father’s letter, even the glorious March day, with the bay a sea of diamonds under the bright sun, couldn’t ease her distress. Gloom descended and her eyes filled with tears. What a beautiful city, but I must leave you.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game

“A group of soldiers escorted Zoe and two other new researchers on the difficult journey to one of the harshest places on earth. Uncomfortable in the coarse army uniform, she huddled in the corner of the truck, hands clenched in her lap. Her hair was cut short now, the preferred style for China’s revolutionaries, and the air that came in through the window felt cold on her bare neck.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game

“Zoe put her hand up mechanically and mouthed the words along with the crowd, but no sound came out. She was beyond tired, exhausted from eighteen straight hours at the building site. And after this marathon rally, she still had to finish her self-criticism and hand it in to the Special Case Group by nine o’clock tomorrow morning. Since the campaign to combat and prevent revisionism started, the Party had been busy rooting out traitors and spies. Zoe was labeled a prime suspect, accused of spying for the Russians and Helen Huang stealing materials from the field, and discharged from her position at the Testing Control Center.”
― Helen Huang, Nuclear Power Nuclear Game

“I’d rather go broke giving enemas to house lizards than make money from customers like him. Old George made a fist and thrust it toward the water buffalo mounted on the wall above his head.”
― Christopher G. Moore, Paying Back Jack: A Vincent Calvino Novel

“He assumed a good prone, legs splayed and bent a little, right leg pulled up a bit more than the left, both feet turned out with the heels down. He rested the forestock on his pack, wrapping the sling around his left arm. There was some debate about this technique, but Mick was squarely in the two-wrap camp. He didn’t slip his left hand under the buttstock but instead slid it along the forestock until it reached that old familiar spot, and he tucked the rifle into his shoulder good. You wanted to get it tucked in just right, because that big magnum was one rifle that spoke with authority. You pull the trigger on a .338 Win Mag, especially from the prone with Mick’s bear loads, and it’ll make a man out of you right then and there.
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Mick kept still for just a second, taking the weight of the rifle in his bones and letting gravity take him and make him part of the Earth itself. He put the crosshairs exactly where he wanted them, paused his breathing at the natural break after a normal exhale, then simply willed that beautiful custom trigger to break. Break it did, crisp and clean like always, and the 225 grain bullet flew downrange at almost three thousand feet per second. It reached the deck in less than half a second, about a half second before the sound of the shot.

The Very Last War
WH Hawthorne”
― WH Hawthorne

“The shared torment of two separate individuals at the hands of their marital partners has a strange capacity to act as the glue for the bruised souls of both.”
― Vinod Pande, Minister’s Mistress - Not only the sins come calling

“One of the fascinating features of politics is that you never move in straight lines. Often you do it laterally. Also, you never lose sight of the long-term goals, whatever be the immediate temptations.”
― Vinod Pande, Minister’s Mistress - Not only the sins come calling

“None moved even a fraction. They could be the statues of a couple; their bodies glistening with a post-coital sheen, yet their eyes emptied of any orgasmic translucence. There was instead, a fear in them. An unspecific fear.”
― Vinod Pande, Minister’s Mistress - Not only the sins come calling

“While discussing what kind of evidence the allegations of espionage were based on, those young friends, realizing how real and irrational they were, listened with eyes widened in horror. One of them couldn't take it anymore and said, "I can't believe it. Such evil in a socialist revolution cannot be true, it's impossible."But unfortunately, that was the reality.”
― Aytekin Yılmaz, Son Diktatör

“Witnessing those who once rebelled against the state and their fathers by fleeing to the mountains, only to become worse than their fathers when they returned home after prison, has deeply shattered me. The fall of those who set high standards is always painful.”
― Aytekin Yılmaz, Yoldaşını Öldürmek

“... the preferred type of revolutionary was the one who carried out all the instructions of the organization called the military personality without questioning. I observed that those who could write and read tended to stand somewhat on the sidelines.”
― Aytekin Yılmaz, Yoldaşını Öldürmek

“A hundred surviving paladins gathered in one line of gunners on our south wall: uniformed Texas Guard 3rd Brigade, blue leather vested TEXIANS, and volunteers in period clothes and hats. We watched the armored attack column that creaked its way forward toward us, a massive axis of evil.”
― Robert Workman, Immigration Invasion! A Family Affair