Peter F. Hamilton Quotes

Bankers in pain," Alan said. "Now there's a happy thought.

Faith, Quinn mused, was a strange power. They had committed their lives to the sect, never questioning its gospels. Yet in all of that time, they had the reassurance of routine… The bedrock of every religion, that your God is a promise, never to be encountered in this life, this universe.

Want to talk about it?"
"No."
"I think you're supposed to. All my friends who talk native psychobabble say you should rationalize events back to their origin point so you can acknowledge their structural integration within your life flow."
"Alison, that's…that…such a load of crap."
"I know that.

Even Sue was impressed by how quickly he slid from reasonable human being to petulant teenage grouch.

When he thought about it, he wasn’t totally sure what kind of group he did want to be with on a permanent social basis. Late twenties, probably, or early thirties. Young enough not to be boring, old enough to have some wisdom.

Like men in his position throughout history, Kingsley Pryor did nothing as events swept him to their conclusion; simply waiting and praying that a magical third option would spring from nowhere.

But the thing is, you can never believe that anyone who looks so lovely can be anything other than lovely. Especially when it comes to women. I mean, that knowledge is hardwired into a man’s genes. Pretty equals nice. Jesus wept, did I ever learn the hard way. I’m not joking, Tim, Flaky Tracy turned out to be the ultimate bitch demon from hell. The only reason she was sent to roam the earth was because the devil got nervous when she was around down below.

It didn’t matter that Nicole had made all the moves; sleeping with a friend’s granddaughter had to be pretty close to the top of all-time Bad Things.

It was a struggle that had turned her into a minor media celebrity, and produced a great many supporters from across the political spectrum, all of them loud.

Well, just remember, babies are God’s way of persuading parents to have teenagers.

Jesus, what planet do they import people like that from?

Annabelle was a damn fine notch on your bedpost.

It was the sort of review board that Jeff thoroughly disapproved of; hands-on bureaucratic interference in university and agency programs always lead to pure science being impoverished.

Do I get her in the end, the princess?"
"Unless you've got a magic sword and a flying dragon that does smart-ass one-liners, not a snowflake's chance in hell.

But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.