humanity is a cancer on the body of the world

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.

Emperors are vain and useless things.

Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces.

As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.