Beyond the Hallowed Sky Quotes

“May I recommend Nikka Whisky from the Barrel?”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“Can’t see much use for the lost wisdom of Epicurus, out in the wild.’ ‘Live unknown, live simply, don’t desire more than you need. It fits.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“subjective sense of orientation)”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“I pride myself on low animal cunning, but I’ll freely admit it’s no match for high artificial cunning.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“One good thing about thinking like a conspiracy theorist: it made you distrust coincidences.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“green leathery flicker-fluke,”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“swarms faint and black as eyeball floaters, like something you could blink away.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“Soldiers have loyalty, terrorists have fanaticism, but what do you have?” Owen nodded down at the paper. “Instructions.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“That’s the trouble with robots,” Walworth said. “They’re so fucking predictable.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“Walworth’s look and voice had the sort of terrified pity Owen had observed people inflict on the afflicted.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“Feelings?” Owen flipped a hand as if shaking off water. “I can talk about my feelings if you like. I was shaken to the core to discover I was a robot. I was dismayed to learn that my memories of an earlier life and of personal relationships were false. I was outraged and terrified at the prospect of being reset and reprinted—killed, essentially—just as you would be.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky

“At some point, I see my opportunity, and seize it. Or it does, and seizes me.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Hallowed Sky