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Though any species on any dumb gobworld may develop sentience (the poor bastards), no government ever does.

— Catherynne M. Valente Space Opera (2018)

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Everyone’s always saying love is the element that binds the universe together, but that’s a load of bollocks; it’s convenience.

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They are time, and time eats everything but listens to no one.

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A cow goes moo; a sheep goes baa; a celebrity correspondent goes who are you wearing?

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“And how does that make you feel?” he crooned in the comforting tone of a therapist who may or may not actually care.

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Sex is universal, it’s just not evenly distributed.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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