Peter F. Hamilton Quotes

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.

Joshua was the most dynamic lover she had ever known. Gentle and domineering; it was a lethal combination. If only he wasn't quite so ruthlessly mechanical about it. A little too much of his pleasure had come from seeing her lose all control. But then that was Joshua; unwilling to share… Joshua didn't trust people.

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.

Lost causes are the worst kind to fight.

I look young, almost as young as you lot; but the real difference between us is cynicism. You don't have any, while I've got a ton of it."
"I'm cynical, Philip protested. "I don't believe a word politicians say."
"That's not cynicism," Sophie said. "That's just common sense.

Ladies," Pamela raise her glass. "A toast."
"A toast," they agreed.
"Expensive shopping, older champagne, and younger men.

You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.

Jeff didn’t blame Dr. Sperber, but he’d been around long enough to know how the information would be used, twisted, sanitized, controlled, released in a way that left Brussels devoid of responsibility. That was the way of all government and politicians; it was never their fault.

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.

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

Mockery; the righteousness of fools everywhere.

They lied!"
"Of course they lied. They're politicians, it's what they do.

I’ve got the worst time of my life ahead of me, and our wonderful medical establishment will stretch it out and out until I just scream for it to end.

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.

We have been extraordinarily successful. As a result, only Europe is in a position to provide this treatment for its citizens. America, with its increasingly isolationist foreign policy and Religious Right cultural dominance, is a long way behind us in this field. Our unquestioned leadership in this field can only be seen as an endorsement of our social inclusiveness. Ours is the culture in which the promotion of human life can flourish to its full potential.