"By the time people could speak about mandatory population control in a rational way, it was too late."

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“She’s got space. Lots of space in her house. What about in her heart?”

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“Junk does that. Junk is a forge. You enter the fire and come out twisted.”

“You are either the man in the white coat or you are the monkey. Susan sees herself as the monkey.”

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