"I wanted to live a proper life with deep, interwoven relationships for better or worse, which only death could separate."

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Source : Ninni Holmqvist (2010). “The Unit”, p.168, Oneworld Publications

Ninni Holmqvist

“I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.”
“If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them.”
“Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.”
“Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.”
“Having been the discoverer of many splendid things, he is said to have asked his friends and relations that, after his death, they should place on his tomb a cylinder enclosing a sphere, writing on it the proportion of the containing solid to that which is contained.”
“Did you know that she was cyborg?â€ asked a woman in an unhidden tone of disgust. Kai stared at her, appearing confused, then let his gaze dance over the crowd. He shuffled his feet closer to the podium, a wrinkle forming on the bridge of his nose. Cinder bit the inside of her cheek and braced herself for adamant disgust. Who would ever invite a cyborg to the ball? But instead, Kai said simply, â€œI donâ€™t see that her being cyborg is relevant. Next question?â€ Cinderâ€™s metal fingers jolted.”
“Marriage is the aim and end of all sensible girls, because it is the meaning of life.”
“There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.”

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