222 quotes
I’ve finally done it, I’ve broken something that shouldn’t have been broken, and I’m really not sure who the monsters are anymore.
The Delirium Brief (2017)
I think we may be mistaking the elephant’s tail for a bell-pull.
Rule 34 (2011)
I’m trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs.
Glasshouse (2006)
If there’s one thing extreme god-botherers of every stripe have in common, it’s that they don’t have any sense of humor at all where their beliefs are concerned.
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
And she actually looks—well, I’m not sure how to describe her. Scary is such an inadequate word, don’t you think?
The Annihilation Score (2015)
Venous blood isn’t really blue. In lipstick terms it’s dark plum, not crimson gloss.
The Labyrinth Index (2018)
Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything.
Glasshouse (2006)
Having a policy based on works of fiction is worse than having no policy at all.
The Rhesus Chart (2014)
I don’t hate him—he’s just a bore but that isn’t a capital offense. Usually.
The Atrocity Archives (2004)
She still believes in classical economics, the allocation of resources under conditions of scarcity. Information doesn’t work that way.
Accelerando (2005)
I wasn’t exaggerating the national suspicion toward strangers. It’s a survival trait on New Dresden; they’ve been breeding for paranoia for centuries.
Iron Sunrise (2004)
I’ve never been so frightened for somebody in my life: I felt totally powerless. You can’t punch extradimensional parasites out of your boyfriend’s brain.
The Labyrinth Index (2018)
I killed you! And you didn’t even notice!
Glasshouse (2006)
Our trains are not ambushed by dragons, suicide bombers, or chthonian tentacle monsters. Frankly, given the quality of the postprandial conversation, this is not a net positive.
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
Pay no attention to the gill slits and fins, they’re signs of grace. It’s come to a pretty pass when the bastard spawn of the Deep Ones turn into Presbyterian fundamentalists, hasn’t it?
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
Intelligence and infinite knowledge were not, it seemed, compatible with stable human existence.
Singularity Sky (2003)
And that’s when it turned intae the full-dress faeco-ventilatory intersection scene.
Iron Sunrise (2004)
People tend to underestimate him on first acquaintance. It’s a mistake they only make once. Whether or not they survive.
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
The Cold War was all about who could build the biggest refrigerator, wasn’t it?
Singularity Sky (2003)
Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.
Singularity Sky (2003)