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« If you want someone to help you, convince them that they have already helped you more than you would know how to say. People are willing to make efforts to perpetuate their legacy. »
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« In a few years, a kid like him will be entitled to cognitive behavioral therapy for his Asperger's syndrome and serotonin inhibitors to round the angles of his clumsiness in human relationships. But he knows one thing for sure, before almost everyone else: The days of humans are numbered. In the past, the fate of the species may have been in the hands of the sociable, the well-integrated, the masters of emotion. But now all this is up to date. »
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The World Tree |
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The World Tree
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« Extraterrestrials are landing on Earth. Aborts, on the scale of aliens. But they metabolize as if it were their last chance. They fly like swarms of midges, too fast to be seen, so fast that the earthly seconds appear to them years. To them, humans are just statues of motionless meat. These strangers try to communicate, but get no answer. For lack of signs of life or intelligence, they nest in these frozen statues and dry them like smoked ham, to make provisions for the long return. »
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The World Tree |
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The World Tree
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