The Dreaming Void Quotes

“Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“That was the trouble with history, Oscar thought: Once the distance had grown long enough, any event could be seen favorably. The true horror faded with time, and ignorance replaced it.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“Our society is mature. Change is instability. That is why every institution we have resists change. To maintain the status quo is our sole objective in life.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“Marius glowered at the long cone-shaped ship with its stupid curving tailfins. His field scan swept out. It was an illusion, produced by a small module on the airlock floor. He smashed a disruptor pulse into the solido projector, and the starship image shivered, shrinking down to a beautiful, naked young girl with blonde hair that hung halfway down her back. ‘Oh, Howard,’ she moaned sensually, running her hands up her body, ‘do that again.’ Marius let out an incoherent cry, and shot the projector again.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“Justine watched two azure moons traverse the sparkling smear of Wall stars. They were in very strange orbits. And moving impossibly fast – actually accelerating. ‘Oh my God,’ she gasped. The Raiel’s planet-sized DF machines were flying into new positions. ‘The Raiel are getting ready for the last fight,’ Ehasz said numbly. ‘If they lose, that monster will consume the whole galaxy.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“When they all gathered their breath and realized they were still alive, they saw the bullet. It floated motionless six inches in front of Edeard’s face.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“Very Ursula Andress,”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“iridescence of the massive ion storms that beset space for light”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“From small foundations of hope, empires can be built.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void

“It helped that any sexual impulse he might have felt was effectively neutralized by her drinking. After the first hour of any evening, she was not a pleasant person to be around.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void