Croma Venture Quotes

“Intellect affords no greater likelihood of accurate prediction in the real world if the premise preceding such calculations is wrong. The only way to ascertain the correct premise is to observe and record. Any other form of knowledge accumulation is not physically possible.”
― Joel Shepherd, Croma Venture

“the shadow person’, the light breath of wind caused by the simultaneous presence and absence of a person who had never died nor entirely departed, just faded into melancholy abstraction.”
― Joel Shepherd, Croma Venture

“God forfend that parren would put the razzle-dazzle aside for even a steel and airless place like Defiance, where sensible folk would all be surely attired as she was — with pressure-suit linings and emergency mask and hood near at hand in case of rapid decompression. Semaya stood at her side in a parren-equivalent jumpsuit with green ties. Behind them all, Timoshene and his small group of Domesh warriors, black robes now replaced by black jumpsuits, hoods and dark interactive glasses similar to what Phoenix’s crew would wear. The robes were merely a style, and Timoshene had been unbothered to replace them with attire that achieved the same fully-covered result”
― Joel Shepherd, Croma Venture

“Very few things are wise, Lisbeth Debogande. Least frequently those things that are loudly pronounced to be so. The true question is whether they are necessary”
― Joel Shepherd, Croma Venture

“They want things to be fair,” said Trace. “There’s no such thing as fair. Attempts to impose fairness upon an unfair universe usually end in disaster.”
― Joel Shepherd, Croma Venture