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Book: The Lord of Opium
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  1. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.
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  2. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    I could do it," Listen boasted. "Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet." "You can't even reach the on button," said Cienfuegos.
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  3. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    Oh, yes he does. He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap," declared Listen."You're the most obnoxious little brat I've ever met.""Both of you be quiet,
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  4. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    You get used to being evil.
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  5. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    For purely selfish reasons, the old man had preserved what the rest of the world had destroyed.
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  6. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    It isn't healthy to care for someone who can never love you back.
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  7. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.
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  8. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    How much wickedness could you do in the service of good before it turned into pure evil?
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  9. Nancy Farmer _ The Lord of Opium

    I think people have an instinct for a family. You look until you find a mother, a father, a sister, a brother. They don't have to be blood relatives. They just have to love you. And when you find them, you don't have to look anymore.
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