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He’s found a teapot and milk and is brewing up, because that’s what the English do when they’ve just broken out of military prison one jump ahead of murderous assassins from an alien death god cult, then survived being shot at by a main battle tank.

— Charles Stross The Delirium Brief (2017)

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Human consciousness isn’t optimized for anything, except maybe helping feral hominids survive in the wild.

Rule 34 (2011)

No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy, and time is the ultimate opponent.

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Never trust a man who thinks his religion gives him all the answers.

Halting State (2007)

In my experience, the best way to deal with such people is to politely agree with everything they say, then ignore them.

Glasshouse (2006)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.

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