Brightness Reef Quotes

“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“Magic and art arise from an egomaniac's insistence that the artist is right, and the universe wrong.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“Of protein, phosphorus, nor even energy is there ever enough to slake all hungers. Therefore, show not affront when diverse beings vie over what physically exists. Only in thought can there be true generosity. So let thought be the focus of your world.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“It wasn’t his place to judge the women. Theirs was the harder job, here in the wilderness. His tasks were simple—to hunt, fight, and if need be, to die. Theirs was to go on, whatever it took.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“In other words, bright people with too much time on their hands, overly influenced by notions they found in old Earth books.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“How strange. Humans always seem so much in control. Is it just a grand act, to fool both others and themselves?”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

“Responsibility was our cruel mooring....”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef