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“Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. An honest woman can sell tangerines all day and remain a good person until she dies, but there will always be naysayers who will try to convince you otherwise. Perhaps this woman did not give them something for free, or at a discount. Perhaps too, that she refused to stand with them when they were wrong â€� or just stood up for something she felt was right. And also, it could be that some bitter women are envious of her, or that she rejected the advances of some very proud men. Always trust your heart. If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to her.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“When people can get away with crimes just because they are wealthy or have the right connections, the scales are tipped against fairness and equality. The weight of corruption then becomes so heavy that it creates a dent that forces the world to become slanted, so much so â€� that justice just slips off.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“We created Him, yes. The Neon God is our mess. Our digital hive-mind. Our A.I.,â€� said Aurora, watching the man absent-mindedly gape at the ceiling. ‘We built Him to manage our finances, our logistics, our armies, our wealth distributionâ€�. andâ€� and He went crazy.

'Because we filled Him with crappy commercials and stopped maintaining His morals. He’s only like this because of us, all of us. It’s His Algorithm â€� the one you wrote, the one you keep feeding to Him â€� we need to watch out for. That’s the Neon God’s soul. That’s His Justice.”
― Louise Blackwick, 5 Stars

“Only Chromeheads believe the Neon God is a true god.â€�

‘And yet we treat Him like one, all of us. We worship His Broadcast and we pray for His Justice and sacrifice on His altar each day. When our own eyes deceive us, we make His Jurors into Apostles of Truesight, or rely on worldview-enhancers like that drug Rhapsody or the VVV Visors. Day after day, we find our every thought and action judged by kynikois we can’t see, by arbitrary rules we don’t know, in a reality we rejected. We lead empty lives and so we empty the world of all meaning.”
― Louise Blackwick, 5 Stars

“The Neon God is a plague, a global pandemic brought to bear by our hatred and greed. Because of Him, we have lost our soul, our free will, our humanity.”
― Louise Blackwick, 5 Stars

“Aurora shuddered, her face white with anger.

The only thing worse than having to compete for Gold Stars was not being allowed to compete anymore.

Muting was the Neon God’s favourite punishment, for He loved to hijack human language, almost as much as He loved hijacking perfectly human societal norms.

Judging people on their supposed worth was His favourite pastime, and God forbid you didn’t follow His arbitrarily-chosen set of beliefs, which appeared to change every hour.

Under the Neon God’s law, innocent words such as “powerlineâ€� or “screwdriverâ€� had become obscene, trigger words that would most definitely get you muted, thrown in a Mind Prison or killed.”
― Louise Blackwick, 5 Stars

“The Algorithm was Justice. The Neon God â€� Judge and Jury.”
― Louise Blackwick, 5 Stars

“The truth is always stronger in the end if people stand up and fight for it.”
― Helen Steele

“everthing is true and nothing is true!”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger