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1 " Always demand proof of nirvana before you start following messiahs who’re selling it to you. Those guys don’t exactly have the greatest track record in the universe. "
― Peter F. Hamilton , The Abyss Beyond Dreams
2 " I doubt any system that won’t reveal its purpose, that only offers promises of a better tomorrow. "
3 " I grew up on a farm,” Ayanna protested. “We worked the land.” She pulled a face. “Well, I helped Dad program the agribots. "
4 " If you want to understand how a government works, the laws tell you. "
5 " Violence: the brutish solution of the ignorant who know they could never get enough people to vote for them. "
6 " Let’s see how long the rich can eat their money for "
7 " Start taking money away from the privileged, and they can turn just as savage as any animal that gets shoved into Philippa’s arena. "
8 " That’s just to start?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Giu. So what happens after that?’ ‘Whatever needs to happen. That’s the whole point of being strategic. "
9 " How they hell does it do that? "
10 " This desperate act was inevitable. This act is a direct result of the oppression, both political and economic, imposed by our government. You crush hope. Yes, you! You destroy opportunity. You eradicate dignity. You do all that so you may maintain your filthy bigoted anti-democratic society. You leave the rest of us no choice. We are not allowed to protest. "
11 " Bollocks! Bollocks, bollocks. "
12 " It was always a puzzle, given that he spent his days achieving nothing, that he had no time for anything. "
13 " Is Vermillion damaged?’ ‘No.’ He gave her an anxious grin. ‘Not exactly. Just lost.’ ‘Lost?’ It was possibly an even more worrying answer. How could you get lost flying to a star cluster that measured twenty thousand lightyears in diameter? It wasn’t as if you could lose sight of something of that magnitude. ‘That’s ridiculous.’ ‘The captain will explain. Let’s get you to the bridge. "
14 " Don’t worry. The chaps train for civil disobedience suppression. We’ll crack a few heads, chuck some of the would-be revolutionaries in jail, and the rest will slink off back to their hovels and drink themselves stupid all night. And if worse comes to worst, well, we’ve got all the guns, haven’t we? "
15 " Laura Brandt knew all about coming out of a suspension chamber. "
16 " The ubiquitous semi-sentient utility routine running in her macrocellular clusters responded immediately by unfolding a basic array of mental icons, slender lines of blue fairy light that superimposed themselves within her wobbly vision. She frowned. If she was reading their efficiency modes correctly, her biononics had "
17 " Back in the day, surplus harvests or an excess of rare minerals had been quietly shoved out into oblivion, assisting the market price, reaping bigger profits for the financial sectors at the expense of the consumer. "
18 " This act is a direct result of the oppression, both political and economic, imposed by our government. You crush hope. You destroy opportunity. You eradicate dignity. You do all that so you maintain your filthy bigoted anti-democratic society. You leave the rest of us no choice. We are not allowed to protest. Any complaint sees you marked down for life as a troublemaker.........It's wealth. the method by which it maintains control? I tell you : it is you. You: the rich, degenerate, privileged filth. "
19 " I’m impressed. That is one big mother of a tax office.’ ‘They say that the Captain has an agreement with the Skylords, that if you haven’t settled your taxes when you seek Guidance, the Skylords will take you to Uracus instead of Giu.’" ) "
20 " People will look at you, what you’re doing, rewriting the regiment rule book, and they’ll want to do the same for themselves. That’s when you’ll start to run into resistance. That’s where the politics begins. And that’s the dirtiest fight there is. "
