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Quotes from Misspent Youth — Peter F. Hamilton

born 1960 England

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21 quotes

One of the reasons she’d never quite made it to supermodel status was her generous bust size.

Misspent Youth (2002)

Jesus, what planet do they import people like that from?

Misspent Youth (2002)

It must be a sign of true age to think parties were a pain to be avoided at all costs.

Misspent Youth (2002)

The thing is this, Tim; you’re eighteen, forever is about a month at your age.

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Politicians, they’re all as bad as each other.

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Lost causes are the worst kind to fight.

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Having a famous father is a difficult concept for any child to understand. After all, he is just your father, nothing else, nothing exceptional.

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“They lied!”
“Of course they lied. They’re politicians, it’s what they do.”

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Even Sue was impressed by how quickly he slid from reasonable human being to petulant teenage grouch.

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Well, just remember, babies are God’s way of persuading parents to have teenagers.

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It didn’t matter that Nicole had made all the moves; sleeping with a friend’s granddaughter had to be pretty close to the top of all-time Bad Things.

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Jeff hadn’t played croquet for twenty years. It was fun remembering all the dirty tricks. Anybody who believed that croquet was a civilized sport had clearly never played before.

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I’ve got the worst time of my life ahead of me, and our wonderful medical establishment will stretch it out and out until I just scream for it to end.

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Annabelle was a damn fine notch on your bedpost.

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“Do I get her in the end, the princess?”
“Unless you’ve got a magic sword and a flying dragon that does smart-ass one-liners, not a snowflake’s chance in hell.”

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It was a struggle that had turned her into a minor media celebrity, and produced a great many supporters from across the political spectrum, all of them loud.

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It was the sort of review board that Jeff thoroughly disapproved of; hands-on bureaucratic interference in university and agency programs always lead to pure science being impoverished.

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When he thought about it, he wasn’t totally sure what kind of group he did want to be with on a permanent social basis. Late twenties, probably, or early thirties. Young enough not to be boring, old enough to have some wisdom.

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Jeff didn’t blame Dr. Sperber, but he’d been around long enough to know how the information would be used, twisted, sanitized, controlled, released in a way that left Brussels devoid of responsibility. That was the way of all government and politicians; it was never their fault.

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Well, I’ve grown up from that silly little girl, Jeff. I’ve learned how to be a full-fledged modern bitch, which is the only survival trait that counts in this world. I can swim with the sharks now, and they’ll be the ones who get scared when I’m in the water.

Misspent Youth (2002)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter F. Hamilton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.