before we act, we examine our culturally prescribed expectations about finding a lifetime partner and having children.


“Your greatest attribute, that which allows you to accomplish most in life and the most treasured aspect of your being will often be the source of your greatest suffering.”
― #Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times
― #Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

“Things didn’t go exactly as planned, but I’m not dead, so it’s a win.”
― The Martian
― The Martian

“Truthfully, Professor Hawking? Why would we allow tourists from the future muck up the past when your contemporaries had the task well in Hand?"
Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
― Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence
Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
― Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence

“Everything went great right up to the explosion.”
― The Martian
― The Martian

“If I could have anything, it would be a radio to ask NASA the safe path down the Ramp. Well, if I could have anything, it would be for the green-skinned yet beautiful Queen of Mars to rescue me so she can learn more about this Earth thing called “lovemaking.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
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