Trilogy Quotes

“The concept and subsequent development of these JEN2 successors to the old machines, was a story in its own right. It was also one marred with frustration, hidden agendas and ultimately punctuated with a sad human tragedy.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“As the pair turned to leave they were taken by surprise by the shop owner. He was middle-aged and did not look as though he could overpower Arvid, although the large club he wielded showed his intention.
Raimund instinctively made a run for the door, only to be floored by a blow from the club. From his dazed prone position Raimund watched in horror as his uncle thrust his knife into the shopkeeper’s chest. With blood pumping from the fatal wound, the shopkeeper fell across Raimund.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“The first thing that caught her eye was the three words Aonaibh Ri Chéile. The words burned her soul like a brand.
Quietly she said to Audun, “Please take that thing back to where you got it. I can’t bear the sight of it.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together.” She was not sure what had made her ask for this promise, but she was growing more aware of her femininity. She loved Raimund as a brother, but something told her that her feelings for him were more than those of a sibling.
Raimund smiled and squeezed her hand. “Of course Aleana, I am after all your brother.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“It was shortly after Raimund’s eighth birthday, over the evening meal, when Arvid announced, “The orphan is now old enough to earn his keep. He is coming with me tonight.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“Perhaps the most chaotic of Divisions Ke Hui Feng 第一 Ψ
visited was Recycling. First, it was mammoth, so big most of
her tour was spent aboard a drone. Thousands of Dazhong
used the 401 thoroughfares from both east and west, the 427
from the south and the 400 from the north to bring their loads of
recyclables from the MASS to the enormous MEG Recycling Centre.
The roadways might be in ruins outside the MEG boundaries, jagged
fragments of pavement between cavernous potholes and trails made by
traders, but within the MEG the wide lanes had been cleared and
covered with recycled rubber. They were smooth and divided, one lane
in—one lane out, between hundred-metre high foamstone walls on
either side. No one from the MASS would ever get into the MEG illegally;
at least, that was how it seemed.
Only those with proper credentials could enter the massive gates:
MASS traders, or trading companies, who specialized as middlemen
between the gatherers and the Recycling Centre. Not far outside the
gates the MASS traders had rebuilt ancient warehouses in which they
received goods, stored, and sorted them, then brought them, usually
by land freighters, down the ingress roads to meet MEG approved Di
sān overseers and, of course, decontaminated Dazhong who further
sorted the goods.”
― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

“New York. Anton Meyer’s wife had just gone to New Jersey to stay with her sister for a couple of days. For the first time in a while, his day hadn’t ended in an argument and he’d been able to enjoy a good night’s sleep. It was 10 in the morning and Meyer had already dealt efficiently with most of the files on his desk. He had taken a moment to congratulate himself on this when Maurice Kramer appeared at his door. “Daydreaming again, Meyer?” Kramer’s beady eyes glared meanly at him.”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

“The old man smiled. “If they could talk, these walls would tell you of battles lost and won, of fear and terror, of red fire and white light, of peace and prosperity. Aldene has a history going back centuries.”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor

“I will tell you one final thing. You have your father’s temper. It
was his weakness as well as his strength. When you are on your own
you must remember this. Understand your passion and how to curb
it. If you don’t it will kill you.”
― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

“It was Cathy who taught me the true meaning of the word “risk.” Whenever I see that word written or hear it spoken, I see her face. I see her faith. I see her love and her youth when she took on this challenge. She perceived a need and didn’t wait for everything to fall into place before doing something about it. She did not wait until someone wrote the manual on How to be a Mother to a 19-Year-Old African Orphan When You’re Only 23.”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

“I worked hard at fitting in and becoming an American, but then I discovered that being an American was not enough. I had to be a Black American because that’s how Americans, especially whites, saw me.”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

“The girl looked up to the ceiling and just before she disappeared completely she spoke one last time. ‘They made him eat more flesh,’ she said. ‘Not dead flesh this time. They made him eat the flesh from something that was still alive. He ate flesh from the creature who wept at night.”
― Frank Lambert, Xyz

“First, those spaceships are mine, including the one Callum came here with, and not free to use as you wish,” Caderyn says. “Second, you are not a Teryn, and as such I do not have to honor your Bride’s Choice claim. We are done here.”
― S.G. Blaise, True Teryn

“The troops arrived at the wall together and swept into the village, some through the gates and some through the holes blasted by the artillery. Then the slaughter began as they went from hut to hut, winkling out the defenders at bayonet point. The screaming showed the progress of the individual battles across the village until at last it was quiet.”
― Nigel Seed, No Road to Khartoum

“Caderyn laughs. “Son, no one is entitled here except me.”
― S.G. Blaise, True Teryn

“If Callum ever gets out of the way, I would like to rekindle what we had. We never had a real chance together.”
― S.G. Blaise, True Teryn

“So began a divorce between his body and brain that would be problematical for Simon in the years to come.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“Simon was fighting against being queer; all the social and professional pressures were against it even though homosexual acts between consenting adults in private were about to be decriminalised.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“The millions of flies did not bother the dark skinned tribesman as he wandered through the mass of bodies scattered around him.”
― Nigel Seed, No Road to Khartoum

“Did losing virginity have to be with the opposite sex? Had Daniel lost his virginity with him, Simon?”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“He wasn’t listening.
And God wasn’t listening either.
Because I am God now.”
― Alyia Em, Elegy

“«This is it, people! Give those bastards everything we've got - because there is no tomorrow.»”
― David Mack, Oblivion's Gate

“El miedo siempre ha sido un arma letal. Rige el curso de la vida. Probablemente sea el sentimiento más primitivo que existe y el impulsor de todos los dilemas a los que se enfrenta un individuo.”
― Andrea Gutiérrez López y Estefanía Peña Gil, Noira I: Derecho de conquista

“It was shortly after Raimund’s eighth birthday, over the evening meal, when Arvid announced, “The orphan is now old enough to earn his keep. He is coming with me tonight.”
― Robert Reid, The Son

“I prefer living in the darkness of the future than exploring the certainty of my old sorrow.'
The Power of Love - The One. Chapter Eleven”
― Ross J. Kinnaird, The Power of Love: The One

“The sky had turned into the deep of our minds, the sea was now reaching the highest peaks of our fears as we were diving down, like tiny bullets cutting the water. Everywhere around was blue and black and all the shades in between. Reborn as dolphins, we could cross the sea without breathing, without slowing down, the three of us were holding to the trail Aura was leaving behind, virtually attached to it, led by its charted course.”
― Ross J. Kinnaird, The Power of Love: The One

“I’m not a bad man, Roy. I suspect you’re not, either. I think we just met under the wrong circumstances,” Harlan said. “I’m sure you can understand. When you have a child, you’ll do anything for them. Even if maybe it’s not... not the most advisable course of action.”
― JK Franko, Life for Life

“But the pool hangs like a ball in midair. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside.”
― John C. Wright, Orphans of Chaos

“Juliet Rowe, the phantom of my fucking dreams.”
― Alyia Em, Elegy

“The future of AI is not just a technological challenge, it’s a moral, and societal one as well.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Dumb Dumb's Handbook - To Artificial Intelligence: And It's Part in Your Downfall