Stations of the Tide Quotes

“The bureaucrat fell from the sky.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

“Relationships between things shift and change constantly; there is not such thing as objective truth.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

“Their business here was over then, and they all knew it; the magic moment had arrived when it was understood that nothing more would be established, discovered, or decided today. But the meeting, having once begun, must drag on for several long more hours before it could be ended. The engines of protocol had enormous inertial mass; once set in motion they took forever to grind to a stop.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

“Doveva trovarsi sopra gli scavi archeologici, pensò. Un ottavo di miglio quadrato che era stato ancorato nella roccia sottostante con degli stabilizzatori dopo aver sepolto nel suo cuore almeno tre segnalatori di navigazione sigillati per impedire che la terra, in una nuova epoca, nascondesse di nuovo il tutto.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide