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“I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.”
“The Hawaiian creation myth relates that the present cosmos is only the last of a series, having arisen in stages from the wreck of the previous universe. In this account, the octopus is the lone su...”
“Its you, she murmured, staring at his eyes, a fine, dove gray.He smiled. Of course, its me. Lets get you back to your boat.”
“Dave had been fun when theyd first dated. Then impending fatherhood had sobered him at the same time Mickle and Company had crooked its finger, turning him from Mr. Right to Mr. Wrong.”
“How, exactly, did I kill him? He died on the golf course. One minute hed been practicing his swing, and in the nextphzzta freak lightning bolt had hit him right in the nine iron. His shoes were sti...”
“Antibiotics, viral tabs, painkillers, sterilisation spray, Kasyanov said. Other stuff. Bandages, medicines, contraceptives.Hoop raised an eyebrow.Hey. Forever is a long time.”
“He had found his monsters, and now was the time to leave them behind.”
“In the early days, it was nearly omnipresent, a constant background noise, like the hum of traffic on a busy highway: the sound of a human being in pain.”
“The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.”
“I don't believe that aliens exist,but I do believe that any new facts can strengthen foundation of my belief.”
“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.”
“National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile b...”
“You can’t fathom the alien mind.”
“It throbbed with an inhuman power, tidal and deep and painful. Look at this too long, Elvi thought, and I will lose my mind in it. She took a step toward it, feeling the structures in the blackness...”
“You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.”
“we roar along the rust belts——the great red spot——the polar vortex——the caress of solar flares——ruffle the molten methane and ammonia oceans of me——the storm-riven non-surface of me and mine——that ...”
“Is this how humanity waves good-bye?Hell no.”
“I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just random noise. Gibberish. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but I felt that, when it...”
“The margins of the space were bright without illuminating anything or casting shadows, sharp and terrible. It reminded her of the way schizophrenics and people suffering migraines would describe li...”
“How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.”
