““I’d rather you didn’t smoke in here.”
“Kawahara, I’d rather you died of an internal hemorrhage, but I don’t suppose you’ll oblige me.””

—  Richard K. Morgan , book Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon (2002), Chapter 25 (p. 319)

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