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“Hank looked upwards for a second or two and said, Hmmwell, in the Japanese way, if we dont know for sure, we always tell the person the worst possible result. That way, when they find out the actua...”
“But when there's no hope to be found anywhere, even the tiniest chance is worth taking.”
“Ive always wondered about your name, Misha said to Hijja while scraping a bit of space gunk from the window of their spaceship.”
“Clear skies, cousin". Good luck, he means. There are never clear skies on Avon, no blue, no stars. But we don't give up hope, and we use those words to remind ourselves. Clear skies will come, one ...”
“Taking a shower often solved problems for her. She would find herself with thoughts that seemed to come from outside her, thoughts that would question decisions or offer suggestions or just conside...”
“He's heard tales of the Clone Wars -tales spoken by his own father. He knows how war goes. It's not many wars, but just one, drawn out again and again, cut up into slices so it seems more manageable.”
“Dying was never as hard as having to live again.”
“Science. They were all the science experiments of a maniacal government bent on controlling the universe.”
“Later," Amos said, "when you're wishing we had this stuff, I am going to merciless in my mockery. And then we'll die.”
“There was a tempest brewing in his eyes that I wasnt sure I would survive if I stayed in his gaze too long. But he told me with his sure hold that I could trust him and not to run before Id given h...”
“I let myself flop - so gently, so slowly - into my one real chair and tried to make myself understand that I was on the doorstep of the universe.”
“Its a bizarre act of self-mutilation to say that I dont get on with science fiction and fantasy, therefore Im never going to read any. What a shame. All those great books that youre cutting yoursel...”
“But when she finally did look up, I realized my fatal mistake. That by not leaping for her when she jumped, she thought that I no longer wanted to catch her.”
“The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed yet.”
“And there I was, a woman who yearned so hard for the sky there had to be stars in my blood, yet I was stuck in Heliodor City, missing it all.”
“In a flurry of sharp brocade coattails and gossamer gowns cut in the Neo-Baroque fashion, the crowd turns back to their conversations, the perfect epitome of what all Aristocrats are likebored and ...”
“You can not go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after.”
“The health of an enlightened and progressive society is measured by how vibrant is its science fiction, since that is where true self-critique and appraisal and hope lie.”
“No status change, we hold our fire.”
“Raw, gentle, and easy, it mizzled out of the high air, a special elixir, tasting of spells and stars and air, carrying a peppery dust in it, and moving like a rare light sherry on his tongue. Rain.”
