“Think of it as an eight-dimensional onion.’ Justine straightened her back and gave her father an exasperated look. ‘Thanks, Dad. That’s helpful. I always think in those terms, it really helps a lot.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“Would being completely alone in a universe bring a sensation of closing limitations or infinitely expanding horizons with associated loneliness?”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“The human race, for all our facets and our institutional stupidity, is something I believe in. I admire our diversity, our stubbornness. The dynamic of conflict is one of our greatest traits.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“The Silverbird was tracking the Raiel’s gas giant-sized DF spheres as they continued their flight across the star system. Gravity waves spilled out from them with astonishing force, distorting the orbits within the main asteroid rings. A couple of small moons caught in the backwash had also changed inclination. All nine of the DFs were heading in towards the small orange star which Centurion Station’s never-named planet was in orbit around. As the ship watched, the photosphere started to dim.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“Out of twinkling stardust all came, into dark matter all will fall. Death mocks us as we laugh defiance at entropy, yet ignorance birthed mortals sail forth upon time’s cruel sea.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“Yet, in the end, entropy will always emerge victorious, snuffing out the very last glimmer of heat and light. After that there is only darkness. When that state is reached even eternity will cease to exist, for one moment will be like every other and nothingness will claim the universe.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“Time travel is pure bullshit, impossible; nobody can defeat causality or entropy.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“You think that isn't you? You believe you are noble and kind? Do you know how the dominance works?”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“The game is changing' .. :The game is the same, the stakes are rising.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“The point is, the Grand Families see how much support you have, and they know you want to instigate change. Change for them, a return to more democratic rule, the introduction of accountability, will diminish their power, and Lady help them, their wealth, too. That's what the city's entire political structure is geared around: preserving and expanding their estates. If you wipe out the gangs, you'll go after them next, and the way they've distorted and abused Rah's constitution. That's inevitable.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“They know what we're planning, and we know what they're planning. But they don't know we know.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
“It's always quicker and easier to tear things down than it is to build them back up again.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, quote from The Temporal Void
Peter F. Hamilton
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“The knuckles of his hand that had Shaw's name inked across them caught my eye. I pointed to them.
"You have her with you forever already, a ring isn't going to make that much of a difference, bro."
"I need to wait until she's done with school next semester. She needs to graduate and focus on starting med school. I don't want her worrying about me or a wedding while she does it. Honestly, talking to Lando made me start thinking about it. God, forbid something happened to me or to her. I want everyone on the planet to know how much she means to me. How she changed my life and made me want to be a better man for her and her alone.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“I guess I always knew that our time together would be fleeting. Ephemeral.”
― Cynthia Hand, quote from Radiant
“The importance of English word order is also the reason that the idea that you can't end a sentence with a preposition is utter hogwash. In fact, it would be utter hogwash anyway, and anyone who claims that you can't end a sentence with up, should be told to shut. It is, as Shakespeare put it, such stuff as dreams are made on, but it's one of those silly English beliefs that flesh is heir to.”
― Mark Forsyth, quote from The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
“met Barnaby Wiggam's ghost. The fat, bulbous-nosed spirit fading in and out beside me like a faulty gas lamp clearly thought he was dealing with a fool. I may only be seventeen but I'm not naïve. I know when someone is lying—being dead didn't alter the tell-tale signs. Mr. Wiggam didn't quite meet my eyes, or those of his widow and her guests—none of whom could see him anyway—and he fidgeted with his crisp white silk necktie as if it strangled”
― C.J. Archer, quote from The Medium
“My mother was almost never wrong. Hard to believe, yet painfully true. And if perchance the stars failed to align, causing the earth to shift and her to be wrong, it was always best not to point it out to her.”
― Dina Silver, quote from One Pink Line
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