Terran Tomorrow Quotes

“And someone had known what would happen to Earth—even though they had not foreseen the human-created RSA—because maybe planetary destruction was what happened to all over-populated and over-civilized planets.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“It took me five minutes to get him to speak in normal English instead of formulas or equations or whatever the hell they were.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“ASPM is seminal. It affects the division of cells in developing brains. It affects other cells. It affects coding in IQ domains of the human genome.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“called HAR1—human accelerated region one.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“Jason said, “The second convoy has started from Fort Hood. Finally.” “Yes, sir. I just received the encrypted call from Lieutenant Li.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“But violence is not an instrument; it’s a cancer. You can’t turn people into killing machines with the power to end life, and then expect them to behave humanely in the rest of their lives. Humane empathy is always the first victim of war, or soldiers couldn’t kill at all. Once violence gets started, it always escalates. It can’t be controlled.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“tertiary syphilis,”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“but it does have a P gene that can produce multiple proteins not needed for replication.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“He said, “Contact the Return in orbit. We’re going to bring the ship down.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“The five star-farers still wore their esuits, shimmering faintly”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“The incubation period is incredibly short. Ninety-six percent of humans died within a few weeks.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“avulavirus,”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“Jane said calmly, “Please tell me about the different countries.” “No point. Everything you could want is in America.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“Just outside the door, Private Kandiss was “on duty.” The soldier scared Jane a little—there had been no army on World until the Terrans came with their four soldiers.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow

“You think violence is an instrument you can control, like your tech, using it only for ‘good and sufficient’ reasons. But violence is not an instrument; it’s a cancer. You can’t turn people into killing machines with the power to end life, and then expect them to behave humanely in the rest of their lives. Humane empathy is always the first victim of war, or soldiers couldn’t kill at all. Once violence gets started, it always escalates. It can’t be controlled.”
― Nancy Kress, Terran Tomorrow