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“Super 8 film is the language of silence.”
“Youre innocent until proven guilty, Mandy exclaimed, unable to hide her gleeful smile. She missed the way people used to have normal conversations, used to be more caring for each other than themse...”
“With Pollution, emotion is irrelevant, it is not their nature, Mearth sighed, making a face as if she were talking to an ignorant small child. I didnt create them, humans created the Pollution. Che...”
“If you were me youd do the right thing, help your friends, because youre not a coward, Mandy sighed sadly. I covered up a murder because I was scared to go to jail and I did the wrong thing well, n...”
“Whyd you want to kill yourself? Didnt you feel anything, or didnt it hurt you? Mandy questioned, looking puzzled. Yes, I suppose it did, it was strange, it was sharp, thats all I can think of to d...”
“Im afraid of what the digital age will do to the world, to the things we think are important its almost like people want to believe in some illusion that theyre robots and forget altogether that th...”
“Ive been alive a long time, long enough to know that the more baggage you carry in life, the more unstable youll be, until eventually you get sick of carrying it, and then you just fall down.”
“Science is not a democracy. Therefore to try to pass of global warming as real just because "98% of scientists say they agree" makes no sense at all. If 98% of psychiatrists said that all mentally ...”
“I used to want to be a cop for a brief time, a detective, solving crimes and upholding the law, ever since I stated watching crime shows in junior high. But being a cop, contrary to what many belie...”
“I never said I was sad, Im just pessimistic, said Alecto. Expect the worst, that way youll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems.”
“Creosote made Mandy think of the thrill of rushing through a garden sprinkler as a kid, of playing washer toss in the backyard, of spending nights in the neighbors huge in-ground swimming pool when...”
“You don't understand," Alecto replied vacantly. "It isn't that I want to die... I just don't want to exist.”
“A lot of people who read my novel 'Smog City' ask me why I never killed off either of the two main characters. To be honest, it's because I've given them life. Not literally of course, but since I ...”
“There was a super-8 steel town somewhere, where all the forgotten things in the cruel world ended up eventually, Mandy was sure of it this place, she decided, was called Smog City.”
“Ive seen a lot of stuff maybe Ive seen too much. I see most humans in a bad light because Ive seen what they can do, how evil they can be Ive seen the Holocaust and Ive seen Jonestown, Ive seen the...”
“Personally, I believe "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I'd rather use film cameras and vinyl records and cathode ray tubes than any sort of the digital technology available. Look around! The stre...”
“I cant look people in the eye and tell them that theyre going to die anymore.”
“Mearth appeared angry and disappointed briefly, but then she just gazed at the ground. It must be horrible, feeling all alone, is it? she asked.Oh, not really, said Alecto, his eyes lifeless, his v...”
“So, um, youre from Rochester? Like, New York? Jersey asked.Yup, we used to live out there, Rudger confirmed, nonchalant. You ever been?Naw, the closest Ive ever been to there would be well, believe...”
“If I hear the phrase "selfie" one more time, I'll have to enroll myself in anger management classes.”
