21 quotes
Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.
Redemption Ark (2002)
She would worry, just as you worry. It’s the people who don’t worry—those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right—they’re the ones that cause the problems.
Redemption Ark (2002)
They had been in love, desperately in love, but the universe cared nothing for the vicissitudes of the human heart.
Redemption Ark (2002)
The battle sunk towards the horizon. Presently it would be gone, leaving a sky unsullied by human affairs.
Redemption Ark (2002)
“You seem upset by the fact that we’re hated and feared.”
“It does give one pause for thought.”
Redemption Ark (2002)
Don’t overestimate your familiarity with technologies you barely understand. It could be your undoing.
Redemption Ark (2002)
In Clavain’s experience, it was the less comforting possibility that generally turned out to be the case. It was the way the universe worked.
Redemption Ark (2002)
And even if what they showed you is true, that doesn’t begin to make it right. The cause might be just, Felka, but history’s littered with atrocities committed in the name of righteousness.
Redemption Ark (2002)
He had never lost that mingled combination of awe and terror that welled up in him when confronted by the routinely huge distances of space.
Redemption Ark (2002)
This gets better, it really does. The odd thing is, I actually think you might be telling the truth. If you were going to lie, you’d at least come up with something that made sense.
Redemption Ark (2002)
It was one of the oldest tricks of mob-management: give them a hate figure.
Redemption Ark (2002)
I don’t question your loyalty, Skade. I just wonder exactly what it is you’re loyal to.
Redemption Ark (2002)
Volyova did not like planets at the best of times, and gas giants struck her as an unreasonable affront to human scale and frailty. In that respect, they were almost as bad as stars.
Redemption Ark (2002)
“I’m not a bad man, Ilia. I’m just someone who knows exactly what needs to be done.”
“Like you said, always the most dangerous sort.”
Redemption Ark (2002)
“Can I still wish you good luck?”
“You can wish me what the hell you like. It won’t make any difference. If it did, it would mean I hadn’t prepared well enough.
Redemption Ark (2002)
Clavain felt little in the way of regret; more a sense of quiet relief that they were past the negotiating stage and into the infinitely more honest arena of actual battle.
Redemption Ark (2002)
It was a numbers game, not a guaranteed method of avoiding being killed, but Clavain had been a soldier long enough to know that this was, ultimately, what most combat situations boiled down to.
Redemption Ark (2002)
There were choices to be made, harder choices than I would have liked, and I realised that I had been neglecting them because of their very difficulty.
Redemption Ark (2002)
But make no mistake. My counterpart is capable of a great deal of ruthlessness in pursuit of a just cause. He believes he has right on his side. And men who think they have right on their side are always the most dangerous sort.
Redemption Ark (2002)
It was his experience that crises in space fell into two categories: those that killed you immediately, usually without much warning, and those that gave you plenty of time to ruminate on the problem, even if no solution was very likely.
Redemption Ark (2002)