I beg to differ, as those who are right have always begged to differ from those who are wrong but refuse to admit it. - Iain Banks

She supposed she ought to feel impressed that Genar-Hofoen was sticking to his principles in the face of imminent death—and she did feel a little admiration—but mostly she just thought he was being stupid.

We really are taking this person’s existence as being a fact, not a myth?
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We are. It turns out that the myth which has been so carefully fostered is that his existence is mythical.

Don’t you think it’s hilarious when people think they’re being terribly clever? I know I do. Just as well some of us genuinely fucking are or we’d be in a hell of a fucking state.