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Iain M. Banks quotes: Money is a sign of poverty. Money is a sign of poverty.
Iain M. Banks quotes: I'm saying with very few exceptions nothing lasts forever, and among those exceptions, no work or thought of man is numbered. I'm saying with very few exceptions nothing lasts forever, and among those exceptions, no work or thought of man is numbered.
Iain M. Banks quotes: But such consummate skill, such ability, such adaptability, such numbing ruthlessness, such a use of weapons when anything could become weapon . . . But such consummate skill, such ability, such adaptability, such numbing ruthlessness, such a use of weapons when anything could become weapon . . .
Iain M. Banks quotes: All reality seemed to hinge on those infinitesimal bundles of meaning. All reality seemed to hinge on those infinitesimal bundles of meaning.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The ignobility of thought and action that desperation born of indigence produces. The ignobility of thought and action that desperation born of indigence produces.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Escape is a commodity like anything else. Escape is a commodity like anything else.
Iain M. Banks quotes: I'm a fucking starship; I'm allowed to cheat. I'm a fucking starship; I'm allowed to cheat.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves
Iain M. Banks quotes: [T]here can be a form of vanity in grief that is indulged rather than suffered. [T]here can be a form of vanity in grief that is indulged rather than suffered.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The Fate had moved, or had been moved, thirty light years in less than a picosecond. The Fate had moved, or had been moved, thirty light years in less than a picosecond.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Living either never has any point, or is always its own point; being a naturally cheery soul, I lean towards the latter. Living either never has any point, or is always its own point; being a naturally cheery soul, I lean towards the latter.
Iain M. Banks quotes: I had nightmares I thought were really horrible until I woke up and remembered what reality was at the moment. I had nightmares I thought were really horrible until I woke up and remembered what reality was at the moment.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Division was the only order. Division was the only order.
Iain M. Banks quotes: He might come in useful.''Yeah. So's a broken leg if you want to kick yourself in the back of the head. He might come in useful.'
'Yeah. So's a broken leg if you want to kick yourself in the back of the head.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Neeporlax presented something of a contrast. Neeporlax presented something of a contrast.
Iain M. Banks quotes: What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead? What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead?
Iain M. Banks quotes: Patience can be a means of letting matters mature to a proper state for action, not just a way of letting time slip away. Patience can be a means of letting matters mature to a proper state for action, not just a way of letting time slip away.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Faith is belief without reason; we operate on reason and nothing but. I have zero faith in my crew, just absolute confidence. Faith is belief without reason; we operate on reason and nothing but. I have zero faith in my crew, just absolute confidence.
Iain M. Banks quotes: one may be partially owned by another or others by having to sell one's labor or talents to somebody with the means to buy them. In one may be partially owned by another or others by having to sell one's labor or talents to somebody with the means to buy them. In
Iain M. Banks quotes: Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present. Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present.
Iain M. Banks quotes: the rich just bribe their way out. So yes, as far as the rulers are concerned, it works. the rich just bribe their way out. So yes, as far as the rulers are concerned, it works.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Conscious cooperation was more efficient than feral competition? Conscious cooperation was more efficient than feral competition?
Iain M. Banks quotes: But just because something does not have an ending doesn't mean it doesn't have a conclusion. But just because something does not have an ending doesn't mean it doesn't have a conclusion.
Iain M. Banks quotes: There came a point when if a conspiracy was that powerful and subtle it became pointless to worry about it. There came a point when if a conspiracy was that powerful and subtle it became pointless to worry about it.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Ancient, vicious, discredited ideas backed with adolescent war mania. It's Ancient, vicious, discredited ideas backed with adolescent war mania. It's
Iain M. Banks quotes: Because I do enjoy winning, because I do have something nobody can copy, something nobody else can have; I'm me; I'm one of the best. Because I do enjoy winning, because I do have something nobody can copy, something nobody else can have; I'm me; I'm one of the best.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Thing about emergencies," he said, sounding weary. "Rarely occur when they'd be convenient. Thing about emergencies," he said, sounding weary. "Rarely occur when they'd be convenient.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously. The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously.
Iain M. Banks quotes: He thought the common people must be remarkably stupid if they believed all this nonsense. He thought the common people must be remarkably stupid if they believed all this nonsense.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't. The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
Iain M. Banks quotes: it was the night when people got paid and didn't have to work the next day, and so by tradition went out to get drunk and into fights. Then it was the night when people got paid and didn't have to work the next day, and so by tradition went out to get drunk and into fights. Then
Iain M. Banks quotes: I had high hopes for that girl, but too much of that sort of nonsense and I think her intelligence will explosively dismantle I had high hopes for that girl, but too much of that sort of nonsense and I think her intelligence will explosively dismantle
Iain M. Banks quotes: His jaw was slack and his mouth open, and he wondered if perhaps he would drown eventually; drowned by the falling rain. His jaw was slack and his mouth open, and he wondered if perhaps he would drown eventually; drowned by the falling rain.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The swirling mist lay in the bottom of such great bowls like a broth of dreams. The swirling mist lay in the bottom of such great bowls like a broth of dreams.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Sometimes what goes without saying is best said anyway. Sometimes what goes without saying is best said anyway.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Us with our busy, busy little lives, finding no better way to pass our years than in competitive disdain. Us with our busy, busy little lives, finding no better way to pass our years than in competitive disdain.
Iain M. Banks quotes: I don't need a tie for gravitas. I don't need a tie for gravitas.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Strange that people are happy to adopt epithets they would fight to the death to throw off had they been imposed. Strange that people are happy to adopt epithets they would fight to the death to throw off had they been imposed.
Iain M. Banks quotes: [A]ll her hardships had been self-inflicted and recreational in the past. [A]ll her hardships had been self-inflicted and recreational in the past.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Like a berserk raptor thrown into a nest of hibernating kittens ... Like a berserk raptor thrown into a nest of hibernating kittens ...
Iain M. Banks quotes: Myself," said the drone sniffily, "I have never been able to see what virtue there could be in something that was eighty percent water. Myself," said the drone sniffily, "I have never been able to see what virtue there could be in something that was eighty percent water.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you're told you deserve whatever you get. Apparently I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator, though of course if you believe everything you're told you deserve whatever you get.
Iain M. Banks quotes: If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me! If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!
Iain M. Banks quotes: Holse wasn't about to get involved in any theological arguments. He looked serious and nodded, hoping this would do. Holse wasn't about to get involved in any theological arguments. He looked serious and nodded, hoping this would do.
Iain M. Banks quotes: That's why you can destroy them, win an argument, prove the other person wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place." He That's why you can destroy them, win an argument, prove the other person wrong, and still they believe what they did in the first place." He
Iain M. Banks quotes: The History Of The Universe In Three WordsCHAPTER ONEBang!CHAPTER TWOsssssCHAPTER THREEcrunch.THE END The History Of The Universe In Three Words
CHAPTER ONE
Bang!
CHAPTER TWO
sssss
CHAPTER THREE
crunch.
THE END
Iain M. Banks quotes: In life you hoped to do what you could but mostly you did what you were told and that was the end of it. In life you hoped to do what you could but mostly you did what you were told and that was the end of it.
Iain M. Banks quotes: [I]f I suffered only one fool gladly, I assure you it would be you. [I]f I suffered only one fool gladly, I assure you it would be you.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The smell was that of a sewer under an abattoir. The smell was that of a sewer under an abattoir.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Twice, in the depths of the sleeping ship, he almost killed somebody. One of those times, it was somebody else, Twice, in the depths of the sleeping ship, he almost killed somebody. One of those times, it was somebody else,
Iain M. Banks quotes: Individual is obsolete. That's why life is so comfortable for us all. We don't matter, so we're safe. No one person can have any real effect anymore. Individual is obsolete. That's why life is so comfortable for us all. We don't matter, so we're safe. No one person can have any real effect anymore.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The birds disturbed from the network of waterways beneath the barges wheeled in the sky, calling plaintively. The birds disturbed from the network of waterways beneath the barges wheeled in the sky, calling plaintively.
Iain M. Banks quotes: I knew I might die, but I was prepared to risk that; it was almost romantic. Somehow it never occurred to me it might entail privation and suffering. I knew I might die, but I was prepared to risk that; it was almost romantic. Somehow it never occurred to me it might entail privation and suffering.
Iain M. Banks quotes: had nightmares I thought were really horrible until I woke up and remembered what reality was like at the moment, had nightmares I thought were really horrible until I woke up and remembered what reality was like at the moment,
Iain M. Banks quotes: A guilty system recognizes no innocents. A guilty system recognizes no innocents.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Common misconception that; that fun is relaxing. If it is, you're not doing it right. Common misconception that; that fun is relaxing. If it is, you're not doing it right.
Iain M. Banks quotes: But then, as she knew too well, the more fondly we imagine something will last forever, the more ephemeral it often proves to be. But then, as she knew too well, the more fondly we imagine something will last forever, the more ephemeral it often proves to be.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The good soldier did as he was told, and if he had any sense at all volunteered for nothing, especially promotion. The good soldier did as he was told, and if he had any sense at all volunteered for nothing, especially promotion.
Iain M. Banks quotes: This isn't Ospin! These aren't the Dataversities! This isn't Ospin! These aren't the Dataversities!
Iain M. Banks quotes: We are a race prone to monsters, she thought, and when we produce one we worship it. We are a race prone to monsters, she thought, and when we produce one we worship it.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Theirs is a civilization of deprivation; ours of finely balanced satisfaction ever teetering on the brink of excess. Theirs is a civilization of deprivation; ours of finely balanced satisfaction ever teetering on the brink of excess.
Iain M. Banks quotes: just one more species, which would grow and expand and then, finding the plateau phase all non-suicidal species eventually arrived at, settle down. just one more species, which would grow and expand and then, finding the plateau phase all non-suicidal species eventually arrived at, settle down.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Some problems were generational; you just had to wait for the relevant elders to die off and be replaced with more progressive types. Some problems were generational; you just had to wait for the relevant elders to die off and be replaced with more progressive types.
Iain M. Banks quotes: When in Rome; burn it. When in Rome; burn it.
Iain M. Banks quotes: He felt great. spa'dassins digladiate; ziffidae and xebecs contend! gol-iard dunking! He felt great. spa'dassins digladiate; ziffidae and xebecs contend! gol-iard dunking!
Iain M. Banks quotes: then there's nothing worse I can wish on you than to be exactly the fuckhead you so obviously are. then there's nothing worse I can wish on you than to be exactly the fuckhead you so obviously are.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Happily, I am not human, Parinherm thought, and this is only a simulation. Happily, I am not human, Parinherm thought, and this is only a simulation.
Iain M. Banks quotes: bipedal, oxygen-breathing carboniform bipedal, oxygen-breathing carboniform
Iain M. Banks quotes: Obsession is just what those too timorous to follow an idea through to its logical conclusion call determination. Obsession is just what those too timorous to follow an idea through to its logical conclusion call determination.
Iain M. Banks quotes: So basically you're sticking around to watch us all fuck up ?""Yes. It's one of life's few guaranteed constants. So basically you're sticking around to watch us all fuck up ?"
"Yes. It's one of life's few guaranteed constants.
Iain M. Banks quotes: We are such pathetic, fleshy things, so short lived, swarming and confused. We are such pathetic, fleshy things, so short lived, swarming and confused.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The Idirans themselves had evolved on their planet Idir as the top monster from a whole planetful of monsters. The Idirans themselves had evolved on their planet Idir as the top monster from a whole planetful of monsters.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Well, in the end, there was no helping this. Sometimes you just had to adopt the attitude summed up by, Too bad. Well, in the end, there was no helping this. Sometimes you just had to adopt the attitude summed up by, Too bad.
Iain M. Banks quotes: The bomb lives only as it is falling. The bomb lives only as it is falling.
Iain M. Banks quotes: A Mind could hold any set of facts and opinions it wanted without having to tell anybody what it knew or thought, or why. A Mind could hold any set of facts and opinions it wanted without having to tell anybody what it knew or thought, or why.
Iain M. Banks quotes: What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a planet?It would be appropriate.When in Rome; burn it. What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a planet?
It would be appropriate.
When in Rome; burn it.
Iain M. Banks quotes: One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher. One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.
Iain M. Banks quotes: One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve. One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve.
Iain M. Banks quotes: It was rude, insulting and frequently infuriating, but it made such a refreshing change from the awful politeness of most people. It was rude, insulting and frequently infuriating, but it made such a refreshing change from the awful politeness of most people.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Very little matters very much and almost nothing matters greatly. Very little matters very much and almost nothing matters greatly.
Iain M. Banks quotes: You could find out most things, if you knew the right questions to ask. Even if you didn't, you could still find out a lot. You could find out most things, if you knew the right questions to ask. Even if you didn't, you could still find out a lot.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Bob-nodded toward the open module door. After you. Bob-nodded toward the open module door. After you.
Iain M. Banks quotes: Just because that was the start of a thousand sentimental stories didn't mean that it didn't actually happen. Just because that was the start of a thousand sentimental stories didn't mean that it didn't actually happen.
Iain M. Banks quotes: All you ever were was a little bit of the universe, thinking to itself. Very specific; this bit, here, right now. All you ever were was a little bit of the universe, thinking to itself. Very specific; this bit, here, right now.

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