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> [“One thing that's certain about the future: it will have more history than the present.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/one-thing-that-s-certain-about-the-future-it-will-have-more-history/)

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

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## More by Paul J. McAuley

> [“The multiverse, she said, was like an old library whose shelves were packed with books arranged by a cataloguing system that ranked them according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/the-multiverse-she-said-was-like-an-old-library-whose-shelves-were/)

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

> [“A poster by the door to the locker room showed a Jackaroo avatar dressed as Uncle Sam, pointing a white-gloved finger under the caption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/a-poster-by-the-door-to-the-locker-room-showed-a-jackaroo-avatar/)

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

> [Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/societies-as-well-as-people-become-afraid-of-change-as-they-grow/)

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

> [Everyone should find something they love doing. Then work isn't work. It's a part of themselves. Of who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/everyone-should-find-something-they-love-doing-then-work-isn-t-work/)

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

> [“We live in an age that cannibalises its past because it has lost faith in its future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/we-live-in-an-age-that-cannibalises-its-past-because-it-has-lost/)

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

> [It’s still there, same as it ever was. But we see it differently as we get older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/it-s-still-there-same-as-it-ever-was-but-we-see-it-differently-as-we/)

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

> [“This is an age of superstition and wishful thinking. The sky is full of evening's empires, and every one of them is founded on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/this-is-an-age-of-superstition-and-wishful-thinking-the-sky-is-full/)

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

> [“One thing that's certain about the future: it will have more history than the present.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/one-thing-that-s-certain-about-the-future-it-will-have-more-history/)

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

> [“The past doesn’t change, does it?” “It’s still there, same as it ever was. But we see it differently as we get older.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/the-past-doesn-t-change-does-it-it-s-still-there-same-as-it-ever-was/)

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

> [“When people go looking for something, they often find something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/when-people-go-looking-for-something-they-often-find-something-else/)

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

> [“What is the mass of a feeling? What is its wavelength, its position on the electromagnetic spectrum?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-mcauley/what-is-the-mass-of-a-feeling-what-is-its-wavelength-its-position-on/)

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

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