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Quotes from The Chronoliths — Robert Charles Wilson

born 1953 Canada

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I suppose every decade gets the music it deserves.

The Chronoliths (2001)

I suppose he could have said this more gently, but what would be the point?

The Chronoliths (2001)

There’s no point living if you can’t, at least occasionally, live.

The Chronoliths (2001)

Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that’s why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit.

The Chronoliths (2001)

Personally, I don’t believe in anything more supernatural than what you read about in the Bible, and I only believe that one day out of seven.

The Chronoliths (2001)

When does loyalty become martyrdom?

The Chronoliths (2001)

Kait was immediately bored. Children Kaitlin’s age possess no context; one video event is much like another.

The Chronoliths (2001)

It was possible at last to hear the silence—to appreciate that there was a silence, deep and potent, out there beyond the pretension of the light.

The Chronoliths (2001)

Sometimes the conscience makes demands that are non-negotiable. Courage has nothing to do with it. We weren’t here because we were brave. We were here because we had to be here.

The Chronoliths (2001)

The most fundamental parental urge is the urge to nurture and protect. To grieve for a child is to admit ultimate impotence. You can’t protect what goes into the ground. You can’t tuck a blanket around a grave.

The Chronoliths (2001)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Charles Wilson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.