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. - Alastair Reynolds

We don't have enough evidence to decide either way," Ricasso said, "so for now we may as well keep open minds.

Is he going to be okay?" Svetlana asked. "He was dead, Svieta," Axford said patiently. "Anything else has to count as an improvement.

I know what you're feeling," Meroka said. "You're thinking, this was my little adventure, it was all revolving around me. And now it's not. You're just a detail, swept up in the stuff she's making happen. Welcome to the way most of us spend our lives feeling, Cutter. We're just turds swirling our way down the pipe.