Beyond the Reach of Earth Quotes

“Of course! I don’t take it personally.” He gave a self-deprecating laugh. “One advantage of being a soulless mechanism!”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth

“I’m good at reading intent from stance and expression,” Owen said. “I’m a diplomat.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth

“all this talk about different possible fatal outcomes does concentrate the mind.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth

“If all these worlds are real,” Ulrich cut in, “then some version of us is right now being destroyed by some freak event! Do we mourn them? We don’t even think about them!”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth

“Take things easy for a change. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth

“if you worried about accidentally trampling something unique and fragile but nonliving, you wouldn’t take a step on Earth, let alone off it.”
― Ken MacLeod, Beyond the Reach of Earth