Best Quotes by Richard K. Morgan (Top 10)

  1. A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.
  2. The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.
  3. If they asked how I died tell them: Still angry.
  4. Culture is like a smog. To live within it, you must breathe some of it in and, inevitably, be contaminated.
  5. The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.
  6. We all get our dreams stamped on from time to time, right? And if it didn't hurt, what kind of second-rate dreams would they be?
  7. For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars consume themselves, the universe itself rushes apart, and we ourselves are composed of matter in constant flux. Colonies of cells in temporary alliance, replicating and decaying and housed within, an incandescent cloud of electrical impulse and precariously stacked carbon code memory. This is reality, this is self knowledge, and the perception of it will, of course, make you dizzy.
  8. A weapon is a tool," she repeated, a little breathlessly. "A tool for killing and destroying. And there will be times when, as an Envoy, you must kill and destroy. Then you will choose and equip yourself with the tools that you need. But remember the weakness of weapons. They are an extension—you are the killer and destroyer. You are whole, with or without them.
  9. Take what is offered and that must sometimes be enough.
  10. War is like any other bad relationship. Of course you want out, but at what price? And perhaps more importantly, once you get out, will you be any better off?" - Quellcrist Falconer

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