+> He once said, "None of the other Rationals I've ever met have anything but an empty-head for an Emotional. I'm lucky." She had said, "But the other Rationals seem to like empty-heads. Why are you different from them, Odeen?" Odeen did not deny that the other Rationals liked empty-heads. He just said, "I've never figured it out and I don't think it's important that I do. I'm pleased with you and I'm pleased that I'm pleased."
+>
+> —_The Gods Themselves_ by Isaac Asimov
+
+----
+
+Less obviously fitting—
+
+> Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
+>
+> —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
+
+> I cannot believe my eyes
+> How the world's filled with filth and lies
+> But it's plain to see
+> Evil inside of me
+> Is on the rise
+>
+> —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
+
+> "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
+>
+> —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
+
+> And there's a fine, fine line
+> Between what you wanted
+> And what you got
+> You've got to go after the things you want
+> While you're still in your prime
+>
+> —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
+
+> I know there's more that's out there
+> And I just haven't found it yet
+> I know there's more that's out there
+> Another me I haven't met
+>
+> —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
+
+> I don't give a damn about my reputation
+> You're living in the past it's a new generation
+> A girl can do what she wants to do
+> And that's what I'm gonna do
+>
+> —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
+
+> "The Order of Silent Confessors exists in the hope that, so long as humanity is sane, it can make choices in accordance with its true desires. Thus there is our Order dedicated _only_ to that, and sworn not to interfere in politics. So you will spend more time discussing this scenario, my lords, my ladies, and only then generate solutions. And then ... you will decide."
+>
+> —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
+
+> The realization blasted through Harry like a vast dam breaking, releasing out all its water, bursting through his mind in an irresistible flood that swept everything away.
+>
+> There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
+>
+> If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
+>
+> —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
+
+> I don't want to sabotage you
+> But you see, I've got to try