““Do you believe in angels, Robard?” he asked faintly.
“No, sir.”
“Well, that’s alright then, she must be a devil. Can deal with those, y’know.””

—  Charles Stross, book Singularity Sky

Source: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 7, “A Semiotic War” (p. 159)

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