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Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.

He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.

One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

There are two competing philosophies in Wool: one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.