Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2) QUOTES

1 " Like the bad guy said, never give an artist a Browning; they’re some of the most dangerous folks you can meet… Artists almost always want an audience, the spectacle of destruction. That name — Dadaist. It’s a dead giveaway. Expect a senseless act of mass violence, the theater of cruelty. About all I can do is try and keep him talking while you get in position to kill him. And don’t give him anything he might mistake for an audience.” --Charles Stross, “Iron Sunrise. "

― Charles Stross , Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)

3 " and that the seeds of evil usually germinated in the footprints of people who knew how everybody else ought to behave and felt the need to tell them so. "

― Charles Stross , Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)

5 " Well, now is the time to peel back the foreskin of misconception and apply the wire brush of enlightenment to this mass of sticky half-truths and lies. The truth hurts, but not as much as the consequences of willful ignorance. "

― Charles Stross , Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)