Quotes from Peter F. Hamilton

Frank had been faintly dubious about coming to Lalonde. But now he had to admit it was the greatest decision he'd ever made. A man could sit back every evening and see what he'd achieved.

There must be so many humans spread across the galaxy now; it isn't hard to think they found one star that's safe from the enemy.

I've never met a good politician.

Only one way to be sure.

Always trust in proven survivors.

at an exponential rate, and the entire Confederation will fall, every living human will become possessed.

Human civilization is always regulated, Del. It's how it maintains itself, the eternal balance between freedom and authority. We all live in the middle, obeying the rules for the common good.

After graduation she saw several active deployments in the Urban Rapid Suppression Force. Then her parents were killed by a drone bomb some bunch of anti-imperialist anarchist whack-jobs launched at the sneering symbol of their evil foreign economic oppressors—or, in English, the Italian remote drone systems factory where her father worked.

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

But first her current status had to be legally established, if she was a hostile prisoner under the terms of the state of emergency, or a hapless victim. In either case, she was still entitled to a legal representative.

So he held his services in the hall, and never complained when only thirty or forty people turned up. The church must be a focal point for unity, a place where people could come together and share their faith, not a baron demanding tribute.

just how naïve could a porn star be?

He knew very little about running a case, and everything about watching over people's shoulders.

must remember that military force ultimately exists to serve the civilian populace, even though we might despise their choice of leaders.

And it is a terrible irony that our very liberalism allows such danger to flourish. There has to be a time when we say: No more. And thanks to Connexion, that time has now come. As Edmund Burke said—' 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,' Yuri quoted.

Mother Mary, this is not what was meant to be." "Nothing ever is, Doc. I learned that long ago." "Ha! You're too young." "Depends how you fill the years, doesn't it?

But then, ephemerality was the summation of most human activities. The trick was to enjoy the time when things were going right.

Fucking civil servants, always stand in the way of progress.

Losing twenty-three planets in a day is simply unacceptable.

We do indeed, sir. Our restaurant has the finest menu in town. Would you like to see it now?" "No, just send the food up to the suite." "Yes, sir. Er, which items?" "All of it.

A waiter from the café scowled at them from his seat just inside the doorway. When it was clear they weren't going to go away, he sauntered over.

Horst didn't believe in ghosts.

All because I was too stupid to learn from past mistakes. Just like all the other dreaming fools throughout history, wrapped up with seductive, clean equations, their simplistic, isolated elegance, giving no thought to the messy, bloody, physical application that was their ultimate reality. 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. And for what?

Pompous old farts need to have the piss taken out of them every now and then." She put her hands together in Buddhist fashion, and crossed her eyes. "It puts them in touch with their Oneness.