“No, sir. Go to hell sir. It's the best I can do for you sir.”
Jack London book Call of the Wild
Source: The Call of the Wild
“Eight, sir; seven, sir;
Six, sir; five, sir;
Four, sir; Three, sir;
Two, sir; one!
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension,
And dissension have begun.”
— Alfred Bester, book The Demolished Man
Source: The Demolished Man
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