Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by hi…

- C.S. Friedman

A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.

- C.S. Friedman

Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.

- C.S. Friedman

What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to get the coin to make mor…

- C.S. Friedman

In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there i…

- C.S. Friedman

The more complex our security becomes, the more complex our enemy's efforts must be.The more we seek to shut him out, the better he must learn to bec…

- C.S. Friedman

I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).

- C.S. Friedman

All about us were people. Perhaps a hundred. Men. Experience had taught me that humans were cruelest when segregated by sex, and the cold feeling in …

- C.S. Friedman