Peter F. Hamilton Quotes

Well, I’ve grown up from that silly little girl, Jeff. I’ve learned how to be a full-fledged modern bitch, which is the only survival trait that counts in this world. I can swim with the sharks now, and they’ll be the ones who get scared when I’m in the water.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

It must be a sign of true age to think parties were a pain to be avoided at all costs.

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.

Lost causes are the worst kind to fight.

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

One of the reasons she’d never quite made it to supermodel status was her generous bust size.

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

Having a famous father is a difficult concept for any child to understand. After all, he is just your father, nothing else, nothing exceptional.