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“The thought of creating an artificial creature for the sole purpose of carrying out a murder made Riffan shrivel inside. He was an anthropologist, well acquainted with humanity’s history of violence, whether one-on-one or between tribes and nations, or against the Earth itself. But those had been ancient conflicts, an aspect of history seldom repeated on the frontier, where time and distance and the need for cooperation had filtered the genome and shaped the culture so that interpersonal violence was rarely encountered.”
― Linda Nagata, Silver

“A frame. Like in ‘Mission: Impossible,’ he meant, or one of those paranoia books by Philip K. Dick.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Her demeanor can come across as rather crusty and disapproving,”
― Justin Cronin, The Ferryman

“The little Corcorans—who seemed oddly elated by the morning’s sad events—skidded around in hilarious spirits: throwing croissants, shrieking with laughter, chasing through the crowd with a horrible toy that made an explosive noise like a fart.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History