I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.


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"Don't we all?" said Iko.
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Crazy loves company, Sir Clay.
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It's a terrible shame he's a Renegade, isn't it? Otherwise, you could have asked him to stay for din...
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Scarlet and Wolf are saying gushy things in the galley," Iko said. "Normally I like gushy things, bu...
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Hey, I’m not judging. I’m familiar with IT-relations. Just wait until you meet our spaceship. Sh...
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An animal?" Thorne said, and she realized he'd been waiting for her to further explain what she was ...
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A kiss from the Captain would probably melt my central processor.”
Thorne winked at her. “...
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Cress?"
"It's beautiful out there."
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And the moral of that is "Once a goldfish, forever a goldfish.
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Levana knew a great deal about beauty, just as she knew a great deal about ugliness.
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You can help me pick out a tiara when we’re done saving the world.
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I guess it’s time.”
While Cress’s thoughts continued to churn through the horrible things...
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You're extra beautiful when you talk about baking. You know you're good at it, and that knowledge li...
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Over everything, I choose you.
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It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.” Cath
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Her mind emptied of everything but the gusting wind and how fragile Wolf looked in that heartbeat, l...
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Wow, when you research, you really research, don't you?
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Let's pick it up," the man behind her said. "How many more of the tranquilizers do you have?"
"...
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Come here, baby sister," she whispered, and despite the terror twisting inside Levana's stomach, her...
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Maybe she truly was hideous. But so long as she could deceive everyone, what did it matter?
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It's just... you never show your face, when they record you. Rumors are starting, you know. People t...
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I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours l...
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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glass...
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I took a computer-science course to fill a prerequisite at Stanford, and I realized that every day w...
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Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing ...
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I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywher...
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You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
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