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In hospital they ask you to rate your discomfort on a scale of ten. I guess it’s the best they can come up with, but it fails to capture the nature of the beast. Pain can stay the same while you change around it. And, like a thumb of
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“I absolutely believe that people are more good on balance than bad,â€� he said. “All the wars and all of the cruelty and all of the violence. I’m not looking away from any of that, and I still think there’s something beautiful about being what we are. History is soaked in blood. The future probably will be too. But for every atrocity, there’s a thousand small kindnesses that no one noticed. A hundred people who spent their lives loving and caring for each other. A few moments of real grace.”
― Leviathan Falls
― Leviathan Falls
“He hadn’t been aware he’d felt wrong until he suddenly felt right again.”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
“Romance at short notice was her specialty.”
― The Open Window and Other Short Stories
― The Open Window and Other Short Stories
“I keep warning you. Doors and corners, kid. That's where they get you. Humans are too fucking stupid to listen.”
― Abaddon’s Gate
― Abaddon’s Gate
“Miller was staring at him like an entomologist trying to figure out exactly where the pin went.”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
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