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"Sam. Brianna is dead.He just stared at her. Then, in a soft, almost childlike voice, he said, "Breeze?"She stopped Gaia. It looked like Brianna almost killed her. The second time she . . . But this time . . .There were tears in Sam's eyes. "My God. How is Dekka?"Like you'd expect. Destroyed. Roger's dead, too, so Edilio . . . It's been really bad, Sam. Really bad. It's like we're in a war."We are."
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"Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It's a crime."Fuka-Eri thought about that for a moment.Tengo went on, "Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us - is rewritten - we lose the ability to sustain our true selves."

"Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself."

"Most of Jesus' life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament, known as the Canonical gospels, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are not biographies in the modern sense but accounts with allegorical intent. They are written to engender faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the incarnation of God, and not to provide factual data about Jesus's life. This left the door of exaggeration open. And through that door all kinds of mystical non-sense crept in and made place right alongside the good philosophical teachings of Jesus."

"I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today."

"It must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery."

"It was the greatest, most intricate, most ingenious and most costly rescue mission in all of human history."

"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know."

"There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive."
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"I realized, when I saw the forest burning, how fascinating the firelight is. It's beautiful, and people stare at it, don't they? It destroys and kills people, but humans love it. Is it because they crave their own destruction, Sam? I want to understand your kind. I am going out into the wider world, and I must learn."

"But then had come the voice that said, Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, whatever the hell you are, let's get this done with."

"Don't want no more rock, Orc repeated.The bleeding stopped almost immediately."Does it hurt? Lana asked. "I mean the rock. I know the hole hurts."No. It don't hurt. Orc slammed his fist against his opposite arm, hard enough that any human arm would have been shattered. "I barely feel it. Even Drake's whip, when we was fighting, I barely felt it.Suddenly he was weeping. Tears rolled from human eyes onto cheeks of flesh and pebbles."I don't feel nothing except, He pointed a thick stone finger at the flesh of his face."Yeah, Lana said. Her irritation was gone. Her burden was smaller, maybe, than Orc's."

"Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes."Diana looked at the ground to hide her emotions. Then she said, "Would I have to be hearing you two going at it night and day?"

"Lana's going through them one at a time. Healing them. She's amazing."Sam thought he heard something extra in Edilio's voice. "She's cute too, huh Edilio?"Edilio's eyes went wide and started blushing. "She's just...you know..."Sam slapped his shoulder. "Good luck with that.""You think she...I mean, you know me, I'm just..." Edilio stammered his way to a stop."Dude, let's see if we can stay alive. Then you can ask her out or whatever."

"Albert, I don't know how long we can keep Sam involved at all, she said."You're upset, Albert replied."Yes, I'm upset. But that's not the point. Sam is out of control. If we're ever going to have a working system we may have to find someone else to play the role of savior.Albert sighed. "Astrid, we don't know what's out there in the night. And maybe you're right that Sam is out of control. But me? I'm really glad it's him out there getting ready to face whatever it is.Albert picked up his omnipresent notebook and left.To a now empty, silent room, Astrid said, "Don't die, Sam. Don't die."
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