“You realize of course, Barnar, that it is simply not possible that we’re actually doing this?”
More quotes by Michael Shea
Good soldiers stay alive by being unsentimental and having a quick eye for the main chance.
Present action, though futile, is preferable to passive acceptance of such a fate as awaits us.
The great in Evil, and the great in [Goodness|Good]]—both leave an immortal residue.
Is it not unsettling to consider the blind unlikelihoods that shape one’s fate?
While it is foolish to deny the dark around us, it is futile to exaggerate it.
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