"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say.
They think everyone else does too."
-- Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
I was picking this quote just because it fits with the Mars philosophy, but "The Kite Runner" was actually one of the Transmission book picks. If I find the exact transmission, I'll link it here.
"The Kite Runner" on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner
The Echelon Book Club thread on "The Kite Runner": https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/612520-the-kite-runner-by-khaled-hosseini
