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  1. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    Anyone can be a prophet. You just have to say that what you're talking about is a reflection of God. Or of the gods. Or of some divine spirit. However you want to put it. Whether those things come true isn't one way or another about it."
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  2. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    something funny, Lord Marce?" asked a young woman, standing in front of a desk. She was wearing imperial green. This was clearly the emperox, and equally clearly he'd just blown his entrance. He bowed. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty," he said. "I was surprised by your office." "How so?" "I … well. Ma'am. It looks like a museum exploded inside of it." Obelees Atek sucked in her breath and apparently was now waiting for the emperox to sentence him to a beheading. Instead she laughed, openly, loudly. "Thank you," she said, with emphasis.
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  3. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    Stop whining like a fucking child." "You could have just said, 'I need your help.'" "All right. I need your help. Stop whining like a fucking child." "That's not better.
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  4. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    It's not whether she tells everyone," Huma said. "It's whether they believe her." "It's the truth." "Oh, my daughter," Huma said, and smiled. "Don't tell me you don't know how little that actually means.
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  5. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    Even without the Interdependency, being interdependent was the best way for humanity to survive.
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  6. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    Cardenia gawked at Rachela I. "You're unbelievable." "I worked in marketing," Rachela I said. "Before I was a prophet. After, too, but we didn't call it that after that point.
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  7. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    It's just a reminder that war favors the rich. The ones who can leave, do. The ones who can't, suffer." Kiva was silent for a moment. Then, "Fuck you for having a conscience, Tomi.
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  8. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    That's the human brain," Attavio VI said. "It creates patterns when there aren't any. Imagines causality when there is none. Imagines a narrative where none exists. It's in the design of the brain itself. It's primed to lie." "And primed to believe the lie.
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  9. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    You threw him into space?" "Yup." "And he didn't die?" "We only threw him out a little bit." Marce
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  10. John Scalzi _ The Collapsing Empire

    I'm continually confronted with the human tendency to ignore or deny facts until the last possible instant. And then for several days after that, too." Attavio
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