All Alastair Reynolds Quotes
- At one time, the treatment for a certain kind of psychosis had been to push an ice pick up through the orbit of the eye,… Been
- Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit. Chains
- I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified… Became
- Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves. Better
- Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. Autocratic
- It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri. Ancient
- A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy. Anarchy
- Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever. Difference
- As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway. Built
- You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse. Any
- How did you . . . pass the time?’ Sunday asked. ‘You couldn’t just ching out of it, could you?’ ‘We had a different form… Asked
- It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets. Biology
- I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level. Acceptable
- It’s the people who don’t worry—those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right—they’re the ones that cause the problems. Any