there’s asserting a reasonable individuality in the face of social norms, and then there’s piracy and murder as an economic model. — 7: 79-80
I didn’t have any illusions about my ability to take her in single combat. For one thing, while humans traditionally divided themselves up into lovers and fighters, I considered myself living evidence that that was a false binary, having no skill with either set of tools. I belonged to a third group, equally useful: I was an engineer. For another thing, I was pretty confident — 265: 3637-3640