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  1. Rebecca McNutt _ Shadowed Skies: The Third Smog

    Oh, trust me Sydney Tar Ponds, you aren't the first Personification to be forgotten by somebody ordinary," Mearth sighed with a falsely-reassuring smile. Alecto stepped back from her, glaring hatefully. "Sydney Tar Ponds," Mearth added, "I've had so many ordinary people as friends in my life that by now I've forgotten all their names. At first it was difficult… very sad… to see them always leaving, dying, disappearing, ignoring, but after a while I realized that they weren't worth the trouble. I'd rather be in the company of other Personifications. At least they aren't always dropping dead like houseflies or sailing away to parts unknown. Nil sa saol seo ach ceo, i ni bheimid beo, ach seal beag gearr. Wouldn't you agree?" "No," Alecto told her. "I think you're insane.
    book-quotehumandeathordinary

  2. Rebecca McNutt _ Shadowed Skies: The Third Smog

    There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore those who ignored her in society. She'd wanted to talk out loud to Alecto, to have conversations in front of other ordinary people. Unfortunately, to do that in front of ordinary people would only prove her insanity, and although Mandy was naïve at times, she wasn't stupid.
    book-quoteordinaryfriendtalk

  3. Rebecca McNutt _ Smog City

    I've seen a lot of stuff… maybe I've seen too much. I see most humans in a bad light because I've seen what they can do, how evil they can be… I've seen the Holocaust and I've seen Jonestown, I've seen the Vietnam War and I've seen Hiroshima… I've seen the Chernobyl disaster… I've seen the World Trade Center attack… I've been alive too long, over a hundred years is a long time to be alive," Alecto sighed, staring at the cigarette he was holding.
    book-quotehumannucleardeath
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