Peter F. Hamilton · 1273 pages
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“Lawyers had abolished the simple concept of right and wrong, turning it into degrees of guilt.”
“Memories do not hurt, they only influence.”
“Interpretation though the filters of ideology has always been one of our race’s curses.”
“we exist to protect the majority so they can run around living their lives as decently and as best they can.”
“The doctor’s voice was cold. “There’s nothing to put back. There’s no body to go back to. The body of Lia Kahn is dead. Be grateful you didn’t die with it.”
“Anyway, they went and built this silly housing project, with us living right across the street from it. Some of the children from the housing project got into trouble. You can't just take people who don't have anything, don't know what they're doing, pack them in a bunch of buildings, and expect it's going to all work out somehow.
- Sadie”
“Sunt oameni cărora le lipsește orice aptitudine pentru fericire și își dau seama de asta cu o luciditate dureroasă și necruțătoare. Asemenea oameni nu urmăresc fericirea, ei urmăresc sa dea o oarecare formă și puțin stil nenorocirii lor.”
“Mrs Forrester ... sat in state, pretending not to know what cakes were sent up, though she knew, and we knew, and she knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew that we knew, she had been busy all the morning making tea-bread and sponge-cakes.”
“But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.”
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