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Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Laura Brandt knew all about coming out of a suspension chamber.

Laura Brandt knew all about coming out of a suspension chamber.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.

Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.

You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: He said that for wickedness to succeed all it takes is for decent people to do nothing.

He said that for wickedness to succeed all it takes is for decent people to do nothing.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: What's a lightwave ship?""UFO, basically.""Cool," Angela said.

What's a lightwave ship?"
"UFO, basically."
"Cool," Angela said.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Most people who have failed miserably in life itself have one last resort left available to them, they become a politician.

Most people who have failed miserably in life itself have one last resort left available to them, they become a politician.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: [sic] his reaction was a sign of civilization. Nobody reaches for a gun anymore, just for his lawyer.

[sic] his reaction was a sign of civilization. Nobody reaches for a gun anymore, just for his lawyer.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Genuine scientific progress is a slow climb, which requires a stable society to support thinkers and theorists over many generations.

Genuine scientific progress is a slow climb, which requires a stable society to support thinkers and theorists over many generations.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: We're on Earth, now, remember. You can do anything you want here as long as you've got money.

We're on Earth, now, remember. You can do anything you want here as long as you've got money.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: I grew up on a farm," Ayanna protested. "We worked the land." She pulled a face. "Well, I helped Dad program the agribots.

I grew up on a farm," Ayanna protested. "We worked the land." She pulled a face. "Well, I helped Dad program the agribots.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: That was the trouble with freethinkers, they had overactive imaginations that made them uncertain.

That was the trouble with freethinkers, they had overactive imaginations that made them uncertain.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Hindsight must surely be the most useless function of the human brain, torturing yourself over the unalterable past.

Hindsight must surely be the most useless function of the human brain, torturing yourself over the unalterable past.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Ian kept his brain in his dick,

Ian kept his brain in his dick,

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: I doubt any system that won't reveal its purpose, that only offers promises of a better tomorrow.

I doubt any system that won't reveal its purpose, that only offers promises of a better tomorrow.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Resolution, the ability and determination to see things through to the end. However unexpected or disappointing that end turns out to be.

Resolution, the ability and determination to see things through to the end. However unexpected or disappointing that end turns out to be.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: I don't get it. There's nothing here. Send your invasion force halfway across the galaxy so they can build a five star ski resort? That's crazy.

I don't get it. There's nothing here. Send your invasion force halfway across the galaxy so they can build a five star ski resort? That's crazy.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Another religious fanatic to whom facts and reality took second place to dogma.

Another religious fanatic to whom facts and reality took second place to dogma.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: So government did what government always does when confronted with an opposition which can't be brought down by fair and legal means. It cheated.

So government did what government always does when confronted with an opposition which can't be brought down by fair and legal means. It cheated.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: True life is the understanding and support of other people, of selflessness, of charity, of kindness.

True life is the understanding and support of other people, of selflessness, of charity, of kindness.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Humans can do anything if they have enough determination. And knowledge. Knowledge is the key to everything.

Humans can do anything if they have enough determination. And knowledge. Knowledge is the key to everything.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Always trust in proven survivors.

Always trust in proven survivors.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: If you've enjoyed 'Battlestar Galactica', you should love my stuff.

If you've enjoyed 'Battlestar Galactica', you should love my stuff.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Lawyers had abolished the simple concept of right and wrong, turning it into degrees of guilt.

Lawyers had abolished the simple concept of right and wrong, turning it into degrees of guilt.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Their electronics are still back in the Stone Age.

Their electronics are still back in the Stone Age.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Sometimes you have to do what's wrong in order to do what's right.

Sometimes you have to do what's wrong in order to do what's right.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Meteorites fell through the night sky like a gentle sleet of icefire,

Meteorites fell through the night sky like a gentle sleet of icefire,

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Interpretation though the filters of ideology has always been one of our race's curses.

Interpretation though the filters of ideology has always been one of our race's curses.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Consciousness is just a window into time.

Consciousness is just a window into time.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Any species possessing this kind of knowledge base is best left unannoyed.

Any species possessing this kind of knowledge base is best left unannoyed.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Violence: the brutish solution of the ignorant who know they could never get enough people to vote for them.

Violence: the brutish solution of the ignorant who know they could never get enough people to vote for them.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Wherever you find human misery, you find lawyers, either causing it or making a profit from it.

Wherever you find human misery, you find lawyers, either causing it or making a profit from it.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Let's see how long the rich can eat their money for

Let's see how long the rich can eat their money for

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Life's a bitch, then you rejuvenate and do it all over again.

Life's a bitch, then you rejuvenate and do it all over again.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: As if we didn't have enough weapons already. But that's human nature, we've always got to go one better, to increase the terror another notch.

As if we didn't have enough weapons already. But that's human nature, we've always got to go one better, to increase the terror another notch.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Computers aren't smart, just fast. Garbage in, garbage out.

Computers aren't smart, just fast. Garbage in, garbage out.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Start taking money away from the privileged, and they can turn just as savage as any animal that gets shoved into Philippa's arena.

Start taking money away from the privileged, and they can turn just as savage as any animal that gets shoved into Philippa's arena.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Ian chuckled. "You know what the world's greatest oxymoron is?" "Happily married," Sid said wearily.

Ian chuckled. "You know what the world's greatest oxymoron is?" "Happily married," Sid said wearily.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: You cannot fight entropy.

You cannot fight entropy.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: How they hell does it do that?

How they hell does it do that?

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.

Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Bollocks! Bollocks, bollocks.

Bollocks! Bollocks, bollocks.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Without education and understanding, the barbarians would have outnumbered us and swarmed the city gates a long time ago.

Without education and understanding, the barbarians would have outnumbered us and swarmed the city gates a long time ago.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: It is the epitome of entropy, the final enemy of all things.

It is the epitome of entropy, the final enemy of all things.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Life alone is precious, but conscious thought is the greatest gift the universe offers.

Life alone is precious, but conscious thought is the greatest gift the universe offers.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: babies are God's way of persuading parents to have teenagers.

babies are God's way of persuading parents to have teenagers.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Memories do not hurt, they only influence.

Memories do not hurt, they only influence.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Taxis are useful in this town, aren't they?" Clayton mused. "So perfectly anonymous. And they all look the same.

Taxis are useful in this town, aren't they?" Clayton mused. "So perfectly anonymous. And they all look the same.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: That's a huge gamble." "We're long past the time for careful certainty.

That's a huge gamble." "We're long past the time for careful certainty.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: rationalize that as something else

rationalize that as something else

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: It was always a puzzle, given that he spent his days achieving nothing, that he had no time for anything.

It was always a puzzle, given that he spent his days achieving nothing, that he had no time for anything.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.

The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Would being completely alone in a universe bring a sensation of closing limitations or infinitely expanding horizons with associated loneliness?

Would being completely alone in a universe bring a sensation of closing limitations or infinitely expanding horizons with associated loneliness?

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: The whole point of science fiction is that you explore the effect of ideas on a society.

The whole point of science fiction is that you explore the effect of ideas on a society.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: There will always be people treated badly, which I feel is basic human nature and difficult to eliminate.

There will always be people treated badly, which I feel is basic human nature and difficult to eliminate.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.

But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: killed fifteen men when I was in combat. Yeah, he was a nurse. Couldn't read the label on the medicine bottle.

killed fifteen men when I was in combat. Yeah, he was a nurse. Couldn't read the label on the medicine bottle.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: The sun was boiling, the swaying was uncomfortable, the horse stank. She felt wonderful

The sun was boiling, the swaying was uncomfortable, the horse stank. She felt wonderful

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Weapons science was always kept very close to the government's chest, receiving the most funds and the least publicity.

Weapons science was always kept very close to the government's chest, receiving the most funds and the least publicity.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: This universe and all it is connected with will come to an end. Entropy carries us towards the inevitable omega point, that is why entropy exists.

This universe and all it is connected with will come to an end. Entropy carries us towards the inevitable omega point, that is why entropy exists.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: She couldn't organize an orgy in a brothel.

She couldn't organize an orgy in a brothel.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Thoale alone knows why suicides are so fond of jumping off cliffs and bridges; they wouldn't if they knew what that trip's like.

Thoale alone knows why suicides are so fond of jumping off cliffs and bridges; they wouldn't if they knew what that trip's like.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Funny how different life could be, so many things that make you take one route instead of another. If only we could live them all.

Funny how different life could be, so many things that make you take one route instead of another. If only we could live them all.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: We spend most of our lives in relationships or bringing up children which are a product of relationships.

We spend most of our lives in relationships or bringing up children which are a product of relationships.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: That's just to start?' 'Yeah.' 'Giu. So what happens after that?' 'Whatever needs to happen. That's the whole point of being strategic.

That's just to start?' 'Yeah.' 'Giu. So what happens after that?' 'Whatever needs to happen. That's the whole point of being strategic.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: Any sentient entity who has lived, has changed.

Any sentient entity who has lived, has changed.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: It's not a god he worships, it's the devil.

It's not a god he worships, it's the devil.

Peter F. Hamilton quotes: This must be the sixth realm, the nameless void. Entropy is the only lord here. We will all bow down before him in the end.

This must be the sixth realm, the nameless void. Entropy is the only lord here. We will all bow down before him in the end.