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Naturally these penalties were applicable only to private citizens, not military commanders or government executives. The powerful are jealous of their toys.

— Richard Morgan Altered Carbon (2002)

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We are, after all, evolved to relate to the physical world.

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I paused and set down my glass, searching for the fine edge of deceit that always lies right up against the truth.

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The essence of control is to remain hidden from view, is it not?

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Like Bancroft, MacIntyre had been a man of power, and like all men of power, when he talked of prices worth paying, you could be sure of one thing.
Someone else was paying.

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“You smoke?”
“Smoke? Do I look like a fucking idiot?”

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