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> [“They were sitting outside the big Starbucks that anchored the western end of Pioneer Square. Lisa was drinking iced tea sweetened with half a dozen packets of sugar, Bria a flat white, Pete sprawled under the table with a dish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/they-were-sitting-outside-the-big-starbucks-that-anchored-the-western/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

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## More by Paul McAuley

> [“The tug of the lodestar slowly grew stronger until, with an abrupt quantum jump, it was a physical force prying at her mind. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/the-tug-of-the-lodestar-slowly-grew-stronger-until-with-an-abrupt/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“Where are we going?” Tony said. “Somewhere wonderful,” Unlikely Worlds said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/where-are-we-going-tony-said-somewhere-wonderful-unlikely-worlds-said/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“Sometimes you hit the jackpot and sometimes the jackpot hits you, I guess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/sometimes-you-hit-the-jackpot-and-sometimes-the-jackpot-hits-you-i/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“How to tell a story? First find a point of view.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/how-to-tell-a-story-first-find-a-point-of-view/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“They celebrated in a bar, and after half a dozen cocktails came to the mutual decision that it would be a blast to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/they-celebrated-in-a-bar-and-after-half-a-dozen-cocktails-came-to-the/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“Keeping the human race in check must require a lot of multitasking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/keeping-the-human-race-in-check-must-require-a-lot-of-multitasking/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“There are many stories,” Unlikely Worlds said, “but most follow similar patterns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/there-are-many-stories-unlikely-worlds-said-but-most-follow-similar/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“The things you people can do now!” Unlikely Worlds said. “The stories you make!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/the-things-you-people-can-do-now-unlikely-worlds-said-the-stories-you/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“Pyotr said that all children were God’s children, even those whose minds had been overwritten by alien memes. “What about the Jackaroo and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/pyotr-said-that-all-children-were-god-s-children-even-those-whose/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“Even the straightest path has two directions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/even-the-straightest-path-has-two-directions/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“ Abulanam’s Pride emerged into a sky dominated by the heaven tree of a stellar nursery. Billowing thunderheads and swirling currents of sooty dust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/abulanam-s-pride-emerged-into-a-sky-dominated-by-the-heaven-tree-of-a/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“They were sitting outside the big Starbucks that anchored the western end of Pioneer Square. Lisa was drinking iced tea sweetened with half a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/they-were-sitting-outside-the-big-starbucks-that-anchored-the-western/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“There were hundreds of worlds like it, most of them littered with the usual Elder Culture ruins, the usual secrets waiting to be unlocked.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/there-were-hundreds-of-worlds-like-it-most-of-them-littered-with-the/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“That’s where we are,” he said. “One star amongst four hundred billion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/that-s-where-we-are-he-said-one-star-amongst-four-hundred-billion/)

[Paul McAuley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mcauley/)

> [“A lesson to people who think that, just because they’re a little smarter and luckier than ordinary people, they can do as they please.’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mcauley/a-lesson-to-people-who-think-that-just-because-they-re-a-little/)

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