Quotes from Peter F. Hamilton

And he saved them. My son. Because of him, they will live, and have children, and laugh. But it hurts! That's because we're human, more so than Adamists can ever be. Our empathy means we can never hide from what we feel, and that's good.

Even your cruelty is a joy, Mistress.

I can't trust the living," Loren told her.

The oldest human story of all: I never knew what I had until I lost it.

You're frighteningly advanced, so it's comforting to know you put so much emphasis on ethics. They are so easy to abandon in times of war.

Give the people the illusion of democracy, with a few elected councils that've been given power over local trivia, while you control anything that really matters directly through the economy.

And it was quite difficult to insert, wasn't it, girls? You know, I actually had to hold them down to do it, there was so much girly squealing and wiggling. And look at them now, happy to do as they're told.

I've withdrawn her university permit so she doesn't continue spreading that kind of sedition among impressionable young minds.

Some things are sharper than they have been for years." "That's good. That means death is approaching.

Ninety-nine percent are just rebelling against their parents now they've finally left home. But they're susceptible to radicalization. Somebody's got to stop them being exploited by the real zealot shits; the university deans don't do a damn thing.

Oscar's Merc 1001 coupe drove him through the main gate at seven forty-five and slid right into the Operations Director's parking slot. He smiled at the few envious stares the car earned him from other members of the team as they pulled up outside the administration block.

Before, it never really made any difference which candidate you voted for. Nothing was different afterward.

Underneath the drones, the pedestrians and board riders along Plough Lane had stopped to look around in confusion as power and digital connectivity was taken from them—basic human rights since before they were born

People simply couldn't resist watching someone else's misfortune.

Urban violence is in decline for the first time in decades, Cal.

It was an encrypted message and routed through a onetime address

If you don't call them off, I will personally rip your fucking arkship apart molecule by molecule with all of you in it," Gore was yelling. "You think the Void is a bad thing? Do you, huh? You believe that? Because let me tell you: It is your mommy with her titty out for you to suck on compared to me.

We couldn't get hold of a good cop to work this routine properly," Tarlo said. "They're all out on the streets helping decent citizens in these troubled times. So we're just going to have to do the bad cop, worse cop setup instead.

Despite the evidence, that lost part of Jed's heart had wanted to believe in his divine savour and her promises of a better world.

Now Horst Elwes looked at the speck of red light and felt the dry weight of aeons press in on his mind again. To have the existence of supernatural divinity proven like this was a hideous travesty.

It was a sixty-five, thirty-five split. That percentage isn't something I'd kill for.

Have you ever been rich, Detective?" "That's Hoshe, and no, I've never been rich." "They really don't live by the same rules as anyone else. Whatever they want to do, they just do it. I

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. - Tochee

I sailed upon oceans, and I thought no challenge could be greater, and now men sail the void between stars. Oh, how I remember them. The constellations burning so bright at night. How could I ever have known? God's creation has a majesty which lays men bare at his feet.