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Quotes from The Prefect — Alastair Reynolds

born 1966 United Kingdom

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7 quotes

You are that rarest of creatures: a man with the wisdom to see beyond his own time.

The Prefect (2007)

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

The Prefect (2007)

They screwed with democracy. I’m not going to lose much sleep when democracy screws them back.

The Prefect (2007)

Everything looked utterly normal, exactly as Thalia had expected save for the absence of a rampaging mob.

The Prefect (2007)

She’d walked a delicate line with commendable skill.
But sometimes the best case wasn’t good enough.

The Prefect (2007)

I’m just saying that right now we could all use a degree of perspective. Because this is not the end of the world.

The Prefect (2007)

“Nothing he said indicated that he was that angry. I mean, there’s a difference between angry and murderous. Isn’t there?”
“Less than you’d think.”

The Prefect (2007)

Attribution

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