71 quotes
“Gold,” says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
The human mind gets used to strangeness very quickly if it does not exhibit interesting behavior.
The Rise of Endymion (1997)
Human philosophy tends to shake down into values which might be categorizes as intellectual, religious, moral, and aesthetic.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
If the universe has any soul, it is the soul of irony.
The Rise of Endymion (1997)
Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.”
Hyperion (1989)
“Sometimes,” said General Morpurgo, taking her hand, “dreams are all that separate us from the machines.”
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
There is something about raising a child that helps to sharpen one’s sense of what is real.
Hyperion (1989)
Sol found their tracts the usual combination of double talk and navel lint-gathering common to most religions.
Hyperion (1989)
My own guess is that it’s a myth fueled by the same hunger for superstitious verities that drives other religions.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
“I am of no faith,” said Aenea. “If one defines faith as belief in the supernatural.”
The Rise of Endymion (1997)
Christ may have lost his faith for a few seconds; He did not sell it in the marketplace for the trinkets of ego and curiosity.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
In the absence of choice and knowledge, cultures often turn to religion.
Orphans of the Helix (1999)
The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer.
The Fall of Hyperion (1990)
In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.
Hyperion (1989)
Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
Hyperion (1989)
Crudely effective, but wildly inefficient.
The Rise of Endymion (1997)
Information is always to be treasured, Raul. It is behind only love and honesty in a person’s attempt to understand the universe.
Endymion (1996)
A token of ecological awareness in a society devoted to self destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.
As is always the case when you are with the actual human being behind the celebrity or legend, there is something human about the man or woman that makes things less than myth.
The Rise of Endymion (1997)