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Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

1 " Yet egotism can also be useful to ambitious creatures, driving their single-minded pursuit of success. Madness seems essential in order to be “great. "

― David Brin , Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2)

2 " humans wrestled endlessly with their own overpowering egos. Some tried suppressing selfness, seeking detachment. Others subsumed personal ambition in favor of a greater whole—family, religion, or a leader. Later they passed through a phase in which individualism was extolled as the highest virtue, teaching their young to inflate the ego beyond all natural limits or restraint. "

― David Brin , Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2)

3 " Trouble is synonymous with being a metabolizing entity. "

― David Brin , Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2)