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The motives that explained human murder bunched, historically, into three groups: material gain; personal grudge and sociopathy.

— Adam Roberts Jack Glass (2012)

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“There is always war,” said Dakkar, coldly. “There will always be war, whilst empires oppress and distort human potential.”

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“Do not,” Dakkar barked, “juxtapose yourself and myself in any sentence your mouth may form!

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Let us not entirely abandon Occam’s Razor! The possible, no matter how unlikely, is always to be preferred to the impossible, however appealing.

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