quotes

December 9, 2023 by achrilock

“It is taking place now. It is still happening, deep in some cellar under a prison or a police barracks.”

— Iain M. Banks, ‘The Player of Games’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/12/1098/

December 4, 2023 by achrilock

“High-frequency geofinance, the greatest game!”

— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘New York 2140’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/12/1038/

December 2, 2023 by achrilock

“Politicians and big corporations get the bread, and we get the circuses.”

— Octavia E. Butler, ‘Parable of the Sower’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/12/1014/

December 1, 2023 by achrilock

“Einstein was right. We will be fighting the next war with rocks.”

— James S. A. Corey, ‘Leviathan Wakes’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/12/999/

November 27, 2023 by achrilock

“‘It’s not cynicism,’ he said flatly. ‘I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.’”

— Iain M. Banks, ‘Use of Weapons’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/941/

November 26, 2023 by achrilock

“There are other blighted regions emerging across the hemisphere, and beyond.”

— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/931/

November 22, 2023 by achrilock

“For a new war to fight right here in the Motherland.”

— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/874/

November 22, 2023 by achrilock

“Seeing the blue sky was supposed to be good for you. That was why they built hospitals on the surface; everything else was under the surface of the ice. The outer walls of the hospital were painted bright red, so that they would not be attacked by enemy aircraft.”

— Iain M. Banks, ‘Use of Weapons’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/857/

November 19, 2023 by achrilock

“‘Trying times,’ he said repeatedly. ‘These are trying times.’”

— Una McCormack, ‘The Never-Ending Sacrifice’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/807/

November 17, 2023 by achrilock

“Damn people. Damn others. Damn there being other people.”

— Iain M. Banks, ‘Use of Weapons’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/773/

November 16, 2023 by achrilock

“You could see anything in the rain. The individual drops became streaks with the slowness of the eye; they merged and re-emerged as ciphers for the shapes you carried inside you; they lasted less than a heartbeat in your sight and they went on forever.”

— Iain M. Banks, ‘Use of Weapons’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/748/

November 14, 2023 by achrilock

“Not every stain comes out. Sometimes you do something bad enough that you carry the consequences for the rest of your life and take the regrets to the grave. That’s your happy ending.”

— James S. A. Corey, ‘Nemesis Games’

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https://achrilock.com/2023/11/717/