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1 " How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all in the way you do is as much a curse as a blessing. You never take time to digest and appreciate what happens to you. "
― Peter F. Hamilton , Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
2 " I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself. "
3 " Life's a bitch, then you rejuvenate and do it all over again. "
4 " He never did understand why people admired or even collected art. The greatest human artist could never hope to match what nature did with a single flower. "
5 " Genuine scientific progress is a slow climb, which requires a stable society to support thinkers and theorists over many generations. "
6 " Wherever you find human misery, you find lawyers, either causing it or making a profit from it. "
7 " Only people with one short life want to go tearing out into the great unknown with nothing more than a flashlight and a stick to poke the rattlers with. "
8 " The original castle back in Edinburgh was the seat of Scottish nationalism. It symbolized everything to the diehard believers. Despite all the changes and defeats they endured, the castle stood solid at the center of their capital. They waited for generations for the Scottish nation to be properly reborn after their Bonnie Prince was lost. There were times when the cause seemed impossible, or even cursed; they regained their independence from the English only to lose it again right away with the formation of Federal Europe. "
9 " That was the trouble with freethinkers, they had overactive imaginations that made them uncertain. "
10 " he said that for wickedness to succeed all it takes is for decent people to do nothing. "
11 " Three hundred and twenty-eight wormholes were opened in unison. They were small, all of them measuring a metre and a half wide. Just enough for a ten-megatonne warhead to pass through. The wormholes closed. "
12 " purpose; parents being tolerant or exasperated "
13 " several tech-types; heavily idealistic about total access they all sailed close to anarchistic beliefs, believing all information should be free. "
14 " there could well be two alien species out there, both with weapons and technology so far ahead of ours it might as well be magic.” “Thank you, Sir Arthur,” Ozzie muttered. Nigel grinned at his old friend; he doubted anyone else in the room got the reference. "
15 " age was a truly cumulative thing, bringing a degree of wisdom to life. "
16 " Chain of command was always a nominal concept in the division, you trusted people to do their job right. "
17 " Ah, that’s the Jaguar-Chevrolet 2251 T-bird, the convertible "
18 " Cast aside your numbers and your coarse voice and learn how to sing, sweet Ozzie. Song is the destiny of all who live who love to live. "
19 " Civilization was a blessing you never truly appreciated until it threatened to collapse around you. "
20 " Traits I can manage, prohibited words I can’t. "
