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> [“We used to think God made us in His image, and that meant we were special, until science told us we just evolved that way because it suited a landscape of trees and savannas. That's what science does: it says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/we-used-to-think-god-made-us-in-his-image-and-that-meant-we-were/)

[Adam Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-roberts/)

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## More by Adam Roberts

> [“and I said it is the nature of love to be infinite and in such an ocean any fear and jealousy is washed away”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/and-i-said-it-is-the-nature-of-love-to-be-infinite-and-in-such-an/)

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> [“Let us say that science fiction is a kind of conceptual disorientation of the familiar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/let-us-say-that-science-fiction-is-a-kind-of-conceptual/)

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> [“Reality, in truth is … what is the word? Reality is ironic .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/reality-in-truth-is-what-is-the-word-reality-is-ironic/)

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> [“I never liked the news; it pretends to be all different, every day, when in fact it is all the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/i-never-liked-the-news-it-pretends-to-be-all-different-every-day-when/)

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> [“I have a problem,’ said Nikolai Nikolaivitch Asterinov, getting to his feet. ‘I have a problem, that I wish to share with this, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/i-have-a-problem-said-nikolai-nikolaivitch-asterinov-getting-to-his/)

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> [“And after night comes day, or more night, depending on the particular time-frame you choose to apply to your perspective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/and-after-night-comes-day-or-more-night-depending-on-the-particular/)

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> [“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and whilst doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/a-realist-writer-might-break-his-protagonist-s-leg-or-kill-his/)

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> [“The madness of faith is a very different thing from the madness of Enlightenment Reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/the-madness-of-faith-is-a-very-different-thing-from-the-madness-of/)

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> [“for fear is all the blind future harrying us and when the scales drop away the fear goes too”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/for-fear-is-all-the-blind-future-harrying-us-and-when-the-scales-drop/)

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> [“ 'A fine story', said Asterinov … 'Six months in prison, that tale,' said Sergei. 'Was it the witch?', I asked 'I never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/a-fine-story-said-asterinov-six-months-in-prison-that-tale-said/)

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> [“Do you know where the past and the present intersect?" Jac asked him. "Where?" "In your mind, only. It's the only point. Otherwise, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/do-you-know-where-the-past-and-the-present-intersect-jac-asked-him/)

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> [“We used to think God made us in His image, and that meant we were special, until science told us we just evolved that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/we-used-to-think-god-made-us-in-his-image-and-that-meant-we-were/)

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> [“Not where he eats, but where he is eaten’?” He laughed again. “Racine has his moments, sure, but you can’t beat Shakespeare for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-roberts/not-where-he-eats-but-where-he-is-eaten-he-laughed-again-racine-has/)

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