Evolution doesn’t greatly care about what happens to creatures once they’ve passed on their genetic heritage. - Alastair Reynolds

The old murals came from the heart," Zima said. "I painted on a huge scale because that was what the subject matter seemed to demand." "It was good work," I said. "It was hack work. Huge, loud, demanding, popular, but ultimately soulless. Just because it came from the heart didn't make it good.

We have all made mistakes. The mark of intelligence is to learn from them, and not be bound by the errors of the past.

I guess I’ll do what everyone else does: get on with my life and forget the big questions.