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1 " Being who you are for ever is the price you pay for immortality. "
― Hannu Rajaniemi , The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)
2 " Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment. "
3 " There is no greater love than a maker’s for the things she makes. Especially when they grow to be something she never imagined. "
― Hannu Rajaniemi , The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)
4 " «Perhonen is not here anymore,» it says, with a voice made of wings and whispers. "
5 " I’m not much of a chess player, but there is an aspect of the game that I find fascinating. After a while, you can almost see lines of force between the pieces. Areas of danger where it is physically impossible to move pieces into. Clouds of possibility, forbidden zones. "
6 " We have received a communication from Jean le Flambeur. He claims that in precisely 57 minutes, he is going to steal a ring of Saturn. "
― Hannu Rajaniemi
7 " If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. "
― Hannu Rajaniemi , Summerland
8 " The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics. "
― Hannu Rajaniemi , The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur #1)
9 " If reality is not what you want it to be, change it. "
10 " Suokaa anteeksi, mutta minun on nyt mentävä, jotta ehdin irstailla kyllikseni ennen kuin kuolen. "
11 " We can never experience death. Death is not an event in life. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. "
12 " It feels like trying to juggle eight-side Rubik’s cubes while trying to solve them at the same time. And every time I drop one, God kills a billion kittens. "
13 " A strange thing happens when you are very rich, even when one’s wealth is as artificial as in our society. You develop a solipsism of sorts. The world yields itself to your will. Everything becomes your reflection, and after a while looking into your own eyes is dull. "
14 " What is it about it, anyway? Stealing.’ ‘It’s …’ It’s an instinct, I want to say. ... It’s art. But she would not understand, so I merely repeat the old joke. ‘It’s about respecting other people’s property. I make it my property so that I can properly respect it. "
15 " I should have let my other self tell me his plan. Mental note: never interrupt a villain who is monologuing. "
16 " That one difference between animals and humans is that humans rarely admit to themselves what it is they really want. "
17 " Hell,’ I tell her, ‘is where all the interesting people are. "
18 " Deep learning still comes from approximately ten thousand hours of work on any given subject. "
19 " I don't care what your Oort woman wants you to steal for her," she says. "You already did your worst. You stole what could have been. From me and from yourself. And you can never have it back. "
20 " Jinni and lost jannahs are less to him than dust. "
