"He’s almost certainly planned for the contingency of being caught. He’s rich and he’s got more lawyers than some countries have people."

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“When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.”

“What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism.”

“Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.”

“You don’t win by getting through all your life not having done anything.”

“In this universe, experience counts.”

““It’s Charlie’s soul,” he repeated. “Or more accurately, it’s a holographic representation of the dynamic electrical system that embodies the consciousness of Charles Boutin.”

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