Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right. — Peter F. Hamilton Order Copy Share Image
“What's a lightwave ship?" "UFO, basically." "Cool," Angela said.” — Peter F. Hamilton Space Copy Share Image
The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change. — Peter F. Hamilton Change 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
“[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
“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
“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 Easier Copy Share Image
You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly. — Peter F. Hamilton Embrace 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 Dominance 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
“Back in the day, surplus harvests or an excess of rare minerals had been quietly shoved out into oblivion, assisting the market… — Peter F. Hamilton Investing Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand why you need verbal trickery to ensnare a temporary mate,” Tochee said. “Are you not attracted to each other… — Peter F. Hamilton Temporary Mate Copy Share Image
“It is the others you must convince, the ignorant masses, yet paradoxically, they are the ones hardest for you to reach. Theirs… — Peter F. Hamilton Ignorant Copy Share Image
“As if we didn't have enough weapons already. But that's human nature, we've always got to go one better, to increase the… — Peter F. Hamilton Fear Copy Share Image
“People will look at you, what you’re doing, rewriting the regiment rule book, and they’ll want to do the same for themselves.… — Peter F. Hamilton Books 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
“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
“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 Govern 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 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
“...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 balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path… — Peter F. Hamilton Animalism 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 Crises 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 Achieved Copy Share Image
“They used a bazooka to shoot the Warrior Angel, it was spectacular ineffective.” — Peter F. Hamilton Bazooka 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 Different 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
“There it was, plain and beautifully simple, five generations down the line. :)” — Peter F. Hamilton Generations Copy Share Image
“Interpretation through the filters of ideology has always been one of our race's curses.” — Peter F. Hamilton Ideology Copy Share Image
“A large part of evolution is interaction. Isolation is not evolution; it is stagnation.” — Peter F. Hamilton Biology Copy Share Image
“I was never a dictator, I just had a huge amount of political clout.” — Peter F. Hamilton Clout Copy Share Image
“The game is changing' .. :The game is the same, the stakes are rising.” — Peter F. Hamilton Change 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