Defending Elysium Quotes

“Technology is limited", Jason said, "Only the mind is infinite.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Defending Elysium

“You must understand that he knew the risks of living in an undeveloped civilization. Creatures of lesser intelligence cannot be held responsible for their acts of barbarity. You have not yet learned a better way.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Defending Elysium

“All you need is one mind to provide the FTL capability,” Jason explained. “Computers can do the actual routing.” Coln hissed quietly in surprise. “Technology is limited,” Jason said. “Only the mind is infinite.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Defending Elysium

“Space is Elysium, Lanna. The place where heroes go when they die. The varvax and the others, they’ve fought and bled, just like we have. They finally overcame all of that—they paid their price and have earned their peace. I want to make certain their paradise remains such.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Defending Elysium

“The few, so cleans’d, to these abodes repair,’ ” he finally said in a quiet voice. “ ‘And breathe, in ample fields, the soft Elysian air. Then are they happy, when by length of time, The scurf is worn away of each committed crime; No speck is left of their habitual stains, But the pure ether of the soul remains.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Defending Elysium