To see something marvelous with your own eyes-that's wonderful enough. But when two of you see it, two of you together, holding hands, holding each other close, knowing that you'll both have that memory for the rest of your lives, but that each of you will only ever hold only have an incomplete half of it, and that it won't ever really exist as a whole until you're together, talking or thinking about that moment ...that's worth more than one plus one. It's worth four, or eight, or some number so large we can't even imagine it.
The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it do… - Alastair Reynolds
The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it do…
- Alastair Reynolds
It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets. - Alastair Reynolds
It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets.
You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse. - Alastair Reynolds
You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.
As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway. - Alastair Reynolds
As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway.
Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever. - Alastair Reynolds
Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.
Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. - Alastair Reynolds
Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.
The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities. - Alastair Reynolds
The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.
To see something marvelous with your own eyes-that's wonderful enough. But when two of you see it, two of you together, holding hands, holding each o… - Alastair Reynolds
To see something marvelous with your own eyes-that's wonderful enough. But when two of you see it, two of you together, holding hands, holding each o…
It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri. - Alastair Reynolds
It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.
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