Retrograde Quotes

“For a planet that’s roughly a third the size of Earth, Martian geology is extreme. Olympus Mons makes Mount Everest look like a sand castle. Olympus is so tall that it reaches beyond the bulk of the atmosphere. It would be a wonderful location for an astronomical observatory. If Valles Marineris were on Earth, it would be as though the Grand Canyon extended from New York to Los Angeles, consuming most of the U.S. along the way.”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde

“Have we got this all wrong? Could artificial intelligence be the salvation we have long sought? Is heaven etched on silicon?”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde

“Trust,” Vlad says. “Trust only what you can prove. Not what people tell you.”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde

“We are all liars. Is that not written in the Bible?” I can’t help but look sideways at Vlad. I would never have taken him for a religious man, but I know he was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church. Vlad says, “To deny such logic is to reinforce that it’s true.”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde

“Vlad reads my mind as he says, “Hah. Yes. Home of the brave. Yes. But no one smells their own shit.”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde

“Even within our own solar system, we and everything we see on our planet are nothing more than a rounding error in the construction of the Sun. We’re the shaving of marble that falls from a proud statue.”
― Peter Cawdron, Retrograde