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Alastair Reynolds Quotes

born 1966 United Kingdom

Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a British science fiction author.

United Kingdom
Novelists
Science fiction authors
Short story writers

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There are certain truths that, in themselves, are as dangerous as any advanced technology.

Pushing Ice (2005)

Do you see us slavering for revenge, that most pointlessly biological of imperatives?

House of Suns (2008)

Hallucination doesn’t preclude a rational response to that same hallucination.

Pushing Ice (2005)

All of it is physics, though, whether you are studying starlings or quarks.

Belladonna Nights and Other Stories (2021)

The future might have been crammed with miracles and wonders, but it also offered truly awesome opportunities for screwing up.

Century Rain (2004)

I was going to call it a mistake, but you could argue that there are no mistakes in war, only fortunate and less fortunate events.

Revelation Space (2000)

For someone admitting guilt she sounded remarkably void of repentance.

Revelation Space (2000)

Naqi suspected that the ability to turn drunkenness on and off like a switch must be one of the most hallowed of diplomatic skills.

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003)

You’ll have to excuse our customs and immigration staff: they preach courtesy and respect while demonstrating exactly the opposite.

Blue Remembered Earth (2012)

They might have their airships and machine guns, but superstition wasn’t something that went away just because you had engines and bullets.

Terminal World (2010)

Is this a personal grudge or are you just psychotic?

Galactic North (2006)

She must have walked through life with men like him falling at her feet, squashing them underfoot like autumn leaves. It probably happened so often that all she noticed was that nice crunching sound.

Century Rain (2004)

They had been in love, desperately in love, but the universe cared nothing for the vicissitudes of the human heart.

Redemption Ark (2002)

I’m fed up with everyone being lied to just because the administration thinks it’s in our best interests not to know all the facts.

Absolution Gap (2003)

The battle sunk towards the horizon. Presently it would be gone, leaving a sky unsullied by human affairs.

Redemption Ark (2002)

One trusted machines. But one never expected machines to return the favor.

The Prefect (2007)

He’s not really a religious man, but he knows which side his bread’s buttered on. The churches pay his salary, so he doesn’t want anyone rocking the boat with unorthodox rumours.

Absolution Gap (2003)

What you encountered was an abomination, a military intelligence. It was designed to be insidious and spiteful and inimical to life, and it wasn’t smart enough to have a conscience.

Blue Remembered Earth (2012)

“You seem upset by the fact that we’re hated and feared.”
“It does give one pause for thought.”

Redemption Ark (2002)

“Wonderful, isn’t it?”
“Wonderful and a little spooky.”
“Like all the best things in the universe.”

House of Suns (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alastair Reynolds (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.