David Simpson > Quotes

“Feelings are never wrong. Only actions can be wrong.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“I don’t know what the hell that freak just said, but we’re not as backward as you cyborgs think! We know how to speak English!” The tableau continued a moment longer before Old-timer finally managed to utter, “You do?” “No! I’m lying to you! I don’t speak a damn word of English! I memorized this phonetically just to piss you off at the right moment!” the Purist shouted back at him.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Look into the abyss long enough, eventually it looks back into you,”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“The most important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. —CHARLES DUBOIS”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Trilogy

“Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named”
― David Simpson, 9/11: The Culture of Commemoration

“There’s always someone out there who thinks we should draw a line and not cross it and that humanity will be much happier if we just stand still.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Increased knowledge will only increase your understanding and, therefore, your empathy. You’ll only become more good after this,”
― David Simpson, Inhuman

“Having a soul means having the capacity to love something more than yourself.”
― David Simpson, Inhuman

“They’re only famous because the public needs to believe that there are people worth idolizing—it’s the malady of the herd.” “I”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Series Books 1-4

“More intelligence, more creativity, more perception leads to greater truth. Limiting our knowledge has only ever led to stagnation and misery.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Idiots see superficial similarities between two things and conclude that they are alike.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“But if knowledge is power and power corrupts, then what if absolute knowledge corrupts absolutely?” “The flaw is in the second premise, James. Although power can, indeed, corrupt, those that it does corrupt are corrupted precisely because of their lack of wisdom, knowledge, and imagination.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“only”
― David Simpson, Sub-Human

“James had analyzed the available data a number of times as he made the journey, barely speaking to his companions as he worked his way through the possible explanations. Only one fit—and it was mortifying.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Is that it?” Katherine asked, horrified. “Is he...gone?” “Yes,” the A.I. replied.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“At that very moment, James Keats hovered just above the waterfall he’d been considering naming after his dead wife. A voice whispered in his ear. “Welcome back, my son.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“beam weapon—the entirety of the natural electrical”
― David Simpson, Inhuman

“An automatic magnetic field went up to stop the cockpit from depressurizing, but, unlike the magnetic cocoons of the post-humans, it wasn’t impregnable.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Thel’s love-drenched eyes”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“To wake up the universe.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“The more holistic a being’s knowledge becomes, the more ethical and moral that being becomes.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“I’d say that’s typically selfish and egocentric of you, James,” Katherine protested defensively. “I happen to want children. It will give my life meaning.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“People who are rational always act in their own best interest. Let’s”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“is”
― David Simpson, Sub-Human

“The man who never alters his opinion becomes like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Series Books 1-4

“think it is best to see the world, not as it is, but as you want it to be, and then to make it that way.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“There’s nothing you can say that isn’t picked up by a mic somewhere, fed through an algorithm that picks up patterns and weeds out what’s important.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Indeed, my son, there is a way to bring everyone back.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Indeed, humanity owes its existence to one simple fact: a carbon atom can form more bonds than any other element. It is for this reason that it can randomly take on more patterns than any other material.”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus

“Things grown from the ground? Only a caveman would eat that!”
― David Simpson, Post-Human Omnibus