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We have a saying where I come from: Power requires neither permission nor forgiveness.

— Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice (2013)

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I don’t confuse abstract philosophical concepts with reality.

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What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?

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People often think they would have made the noblest choice, but when they find themselves actually in such a situation, they discover matters aren’t quite so simple.

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You might also see why it seemed a bit odd, to Radchaai ears, to hear someone who believed gravity wells were the land of the dead call people superstitious for worshiping a lizard.

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Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It’s just easier to handle those with emotions.

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