There are no nasty surprises," Swift said, "only degrees of unpreparedness. - Alastair Reynolds

I wish there was something we could do. But organised structure is the most precious thing in the universe. When it is lost, it is truly lost.

I'm not a bad man, Ilia. I'm just someone who knows exactly what needs to be done." "Like you said, always the most dangerous sort.

Kanu closed his eyes, opened them again, hoping that the world would have done the decent thing and changed into a less problematic version of itself.