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Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.

— Joan Slonczewski A Door into Ocean (1986)

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A thousand fools believe a lie, and it’s good as truth.

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A life postponed too long might never be lived.

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She tended to keep her eyes half closed, as if full sight of the world’s absurdity might be too much to bear.

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If every planet in the Patriarchy refused to be ruled, we all would be free.

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You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.

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