“Aging is certainly not for weaklings.”

Excerpt From
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Margareta Magnusson
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“Raised a whole bunch more [questions], most of them beginning with ‘what’ and ending with ‘the fuck,”

Excerpt From
Sleep No More (October Daye)
Seanan McGuire
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I enjoyed all these Seanan McGuire books in the #EFF humble bundle as they came out, & recommend them to you. https://mastodon.social/@eff/111020594982780316#. #bookimreading

What stroke of genius has ever been composed on camomile?
“Caffeine“ by Michael Pollen
#bookimreading , or rather listening to with my honey, who is a 2 coffee a day person while i just don’t happen to like any caffeinated drinks, & have quite a few flavors of tisane in the cupboard.

It is really easy to re read Pollan’s “In Defense of Food”. While eating #salad. I expect it would be more difficult over a box of #donuts. #bookimreading

“Yeah, but the negotiation, is it a trick?”
Una said, “Everything’s a trick. It’s just a matter of figuring out how.”
“You don’t really believe that, do you?”
“Maybe. Or maybe I’m just saying I do.”

Excerpt From
Brute Force
Scott Meyer
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“Qven ate or vivisected countless other juveniles.”
Beside Reet, Qven frowned and looked up into some distance. “One,” e whispered. “Two, three, four…”

Excerpt From
Translation State by Ann Leckie

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“It’s helpful to know that the concept of repudiation overlaps with fraud...eventually, society’s rules come into play. A long time ago a friend wrote that “‘and then the cops show up’ is a rotten step to include in your protocols.”
-@adamshostack , Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn from Star Wars
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#Caterday #bookimreading ok book the cat is reading, i am just here to turn pages.

“It needs a name.”
“What new weapon?” asked Grom.
“The one that took out an entire Prodryan fleet in under a minute.” Mops pointed to the screen. “If we convince the rest of the Prodryans that the Alliance has a new superweapon, maybe they’ll hold back longer.”
“What about ‘Death Blossom’?” suggested Gabe.
“Because nothing instills fear like flower-based weaponry,” said Grom.”

Excerpt From: Jim C. Hines. “Terminal Peace.”

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“I would like to resubmit my request for a weapon,” said Cate.
“And I repeat my suggestion that you go drown yourself.”
“We are allied against the Krakau. Believe me, I will avoid shooting you in the back until after we’ve dealt with the larger threat.”

Excerpt From
Terminal Uprising
Jim C. Hines
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“Did she call us guns?” asked Mops.
“Slang for cured soldiers working for the Krakau,” said Khatami. “The Alliance uses you as weapons. You’re nothing but guns to them.”
“Bullshit.” Mops glanced back at her team. “Some of us were plungers.”

Excerpt From
Terminal Uprising,
Janitors of the Post Apocalypse book 2
Jim C. Hines
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“Mops grabbed one of the heavy-duty combat jumpsuits, along with a standard EMC pistol, combat baton, extra ammo, and a long list of cleaning and janitorial supplies. Hard-core soldiers would probably scoff, but she’d survived more confrontations with industrial tape and various detergents than she had with her firearm.”

Excerpt From
Terminal Uprising
Jim C. Hines
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“Care for yourself, Wit,” Dalinar said. “This lot won’t suffer you forever. I wouldn’t see you dead by their knives; I see a fine man within you.”
“Yes,” Wit said, scanning the platform. “He tasted quite delicious.”

Excerpt From
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)
Brandon Sanderson
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“Mr Withershall previously captured the attention of the media when trying to get off a DUI charge by claiming that ‘beer and bread are basically the same thing’.”

Excerpt From
Love Will Tear Us Apart (The Stranger Times)
C. K. McDonnell
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“The woman didn’t believe in double letters.’
‘I’m sorry?’
‘Case in point – she didn’t believe the word “sorry” should have two Rs in it. Said it was wasteful. Bad for the environment.’
This last statement was met with confused expressions all round.
‘I don’t—’ started Stella.
‘Not just that,’ continued Banecroft. ‘She also believed that capital letters were elitist and punctuation was divisive.’
A long moment of quiet followed as everyone in the room tried to figure out exactly how such rules would work.”

Excerpt From
Love Will Tear Us Apart (The Stranger Times book 3)
C. K. McDonnell
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The socks give it away. #bookimreading #bookstodon #books

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So you know how scripting languages these days are full of shorthand imperatives like get-job, get-object, etc. Well here’s a story. 1/3

“So what did male dinosaurs hide inside their cloaca? Whenever I bring up the subject of dinosaur sex which may be too often-nervous laughter and horrifying speculation about the members of Spinosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and kin soon follow. Stegosaurus and other well-armored dinosaurs always generate the most startling ideas. Covered in immobile plates and spikes, these dinosaurs had to avoid being impaled during their dangerous liaisons and certainly could have used a reproductive work-around. More than once, my friends have indulged my curiosity, jokingly suggesting that male dinosaurs had a prehensile phallus that could safely inseminate females from a distance an idea that shocks my mind into waking anime nightmares. “
Excerpt from “My Beloved Brontosaurus “ by Switek (now Riley Black) #bookimreading #books #bookstodon

“Plenty of the [constructs] are still functional, but as they hop after potential victims, the manhole covers blow off and the subway grates pop up, and footmonsters are suddenly met by an equally vast flood of—oh, God, rats and pigeons and cockroaches, and pigeons carrying rats holding cockroaches! She’s never seen anything so nasty, and she’s a Lovecraftian horror.”

The World We Make
N. K. Jemisin
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