Alastair Reynolds quotes - page 10

Nature shouldn't be able to do this. (Alastair Reynolds)
I can't tell you how much happier I'd be meeting a bunch of artificial intelligences if I also happened to have one on my side.” "Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence'? It's a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system. View quote
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I can't stop being a rationalist just because it upsets some people. View quote
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It was a fault of the human condition-or perhaps a blessing-that there was no situation which did not eventually become the normal state of affairs. View quote
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Ideology is all there is.” "Really? I would have thought there were many other human qualities worth considering. Fairness. Generosity. A sense of humour. A willingness to see the best in people, even those we do not automatically agree with. View quote
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I'm not on the side of elephants or people, Goma. I'm on the side against stupidity. View quote
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Are you impressed?” Goma dared ask. "I don't really do impressed. But consider yourselves the recipients of grudging approval. View quote
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If I've learned one thing in my long existence, it's that hesitation gets you nowhere. View quote
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You're taking this very well,” Goma said. Eunice gave a semi-shrug. "Experience. You can fight the odds up to a point, but sooner or later you have to face reality. The universe doesn't care about temper tantrums or pity. View quote
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They dug too far into physics and it bit them. Physics will do that. It's an ungrateful piece of shit. It's a fickle lover that will always betray you. It courts you, gives you rewards, coughs up little treats like fire and the wheel, telescopes and the secret of starflight, makes you think you're worth it, that you're the special one, that you really, really matter to it....All the while it's saving up this nasty little truth: that every thought, every deed, every hope you've ever held is futile. That the universe will end, and forget itself. That there is no such thing as meaning.... "Do you believe it?” Goma asked. "Of course I believe it. Physics doesn't give a damn about how we feel. It doesn't give a damn about a sleeping soundly in our beds, thinking we matter. View quote
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For all you know, no one even remembers what you did by now.” "No one remembers anything, in the end. (Alastair Reynolds)