“What's a lightwave ship?" "UFO, basically." "Cool," Angela said.” — Peter F. Hamilton Space Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right. — Peter F. Hamilton Order Copy Share Image
The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change. — Peter F. Hamilton Change Copy Share Image
“He knows it never works, so why does he always go for the same type? “Optimism!” — Peter F. Hamilton Hope Copy Share Image
“Funny how different life could be, so many things that make you take one route instead of another. If only we could… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There it was, plain and beautifully simple, five generations down the line. :)” — Peter F. Hamilton Generations Copy Share Image
“They used a bazooka to shoot the Warrior Angel, it was spectacular ineffective.” — Peter F. Hamilton Bazooka Copy Share Image
Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving. — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly. — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“That was the trouble with freethinkers, they had overactive imaginations that made them uncertain.” — Peter F. Hamilton Creativity Copy Share Image
“It's always quicker and easier to tear things down than it is to build them back up again.” — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the… — Peter F. Hamilton Ability Copy Share Image
“Random Acts of Kindness," he said. "You need some in your life. Everybody does." "No, I don't have much of a rak,… — Peter F. Hamilton Acts of kindness Copy Share Image
“Ego had brought him to this point, that stupid refusal to quit the case, to simply do the job according to procedure… — Peter F. Hamilton Humor Copy Share Image
“ The hostile force! The reasone the barrier was established. "Astrophysics, do we know what's causing that?" "No, sir," Bruno said cheerfully.… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Are you sure it is trustworthy, Mellanie?" "I'd be dead if it wasn't." "Yes, I suppose that does generate a respectable level… — Peter F. Hamilton Confidence Copy Share Image
HR?' 'Human Resources.' 'In Brussels that kind of department is referred to as the Office for Personkind Enablement. Resources sounds like something… — Peter F. Hamilton Human resources Copy Share Image
“The dead hand of society’s inertia and the financial interest of the elite minority hold us back as a species. They govern… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“...Aldersgate Street, the bottom of the A1 - which was the modern designation of the original Great North Road, built by the… — Peter F. Hamilton History-repeating-itself Copy Share Image
“The original castle back in Edinburgh was the seat of Scottish nationalism. It symbolized everything to the diehard believers. Despite all the… — Peter F. Hamilton Nationalism Copy Share Image
“The point is, the Grand Families see how much support you have, and they know you want to instigate change. Change for… — Peter F. Hamilton Change Copy Share Image
The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It’s only going to take another week of this and we’re going to have the mother of all humanitarian crises on our… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Resolution, the ability and determination to see things through to the end. However unexpected or disappointing that end turns out to be.” — Peter F. Hamilton Determination Copy Share Image
“You think that isn't you? You believe you are noble and kind? Do you know how the dominance works?” — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“They know what we're planning, and we know what they're planning. But they don't know we know.” — Peter F. Hamilton Planning Copy Share Image
“Secrecy is like oxygen to politicians and defense forces; there’s always got to be some of it to keep them going.” — Peter F. Hamilton Politicians Copy Share Image
“[sic] his reaction was a sign of civilization. Nobody reaches for a gun anymore, just for his lawyer.” — Peter F. Hamilton Irony Copy Share Image
“But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.” — Peter F. Hamilton Dream Copy Share Image
The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it. — Peter F. Hamilton Abuse Copy Share Image
“quantum reality, and finding itself emerging in a continuum it had no prior conception of: an energistic vacuum” — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.” — Peter F. Hamilton Common sense Copy Share Image
“Ozzie hurriedly loaded in restrictions that would stop the boy wading through porn all night long—” — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image