Eversion Quotes

“Life was indeed a continuous lesson in finding ways to be less troubled by certain things, so that we might make room for new concerns,”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“you began to associate so strongly with people that you started to think you were just like them. But you’re not. You’re ones and zeros with an identity crisis.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“The geometry! I think I can see it! Each quarter section is homeomorphic to a triangle!”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“No,” I said emphatically. “Not in a million years. I might not be human. I might be nothing more than a set of algorithms, running on a spacesuit with a corpse inside it. But I’m not a monster.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“Life is not calculus, you cold-hearted… algorithm.” “Life might not be,” I said, steeling myself against his enmity. “But in medicine we use our energies to help those we can, not those we cannot.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“Life was indeed a continuous lesson in finding ways to be less troubled by certain things, so that we might make room for new concerns, which arrived with the promptness and regularity of mail coaches.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“He had a contract, and he was confident in the capabilities of his vessel.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“Posterity is not kind to mathematicians who make errors.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“I might not be human. I might be nothing more than a set of algorithms, running on a spacesuit with a corpse inside it. But I’m not a monster.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“Must you respect a man to be in his service?” “No,” he answered carefully. “But since it helps to be paid, you must respect the fullness of his pockets.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion

“Everyone’s getting very excited, but in that educated way of not showing it.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Eversion