Oh, I’m not perfect—not by a long stretch. I just make the rest of you look bad. - Alastair Reynolds

I had you down as a xenophobic zealot," Quillen said. "I didn't realize you were also a sadist." "We all have our hidden depths.

It’s always easier to hate than to forgive, isn’t it?

We have been clever, and on occasion we have been foolish. For smart monkeys, we can, when the mood takes us, be exceedingly stupid. But it was cleverness that brought us to this point, and it is only cleverness that will serve us from now on.
We have no time for anything else.