The universe always feels old, though. That’s a universal t… - Alastair Reynolds

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The universe always feels old, though. That’s a universal truth, a universal fact of life. It felt old for her, already cobwebbed by history. Hard for us to grasp, I know. Human civilisation, it’s just the last scratch on the last scratch on the last scratch, on the last layer of everything. We’re noise. Dirt. We haven’t begun to leave a trace.

Alastair Reynolds

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Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a British science fiction author.

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