Ruben J. D.

“The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“After fifty-five years of dedicating his life and work to the story of ethical systems, Sol Weintraub had come to a single, unshakable conclusion: any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“Vielmehr ist die intellektuelle Skepsis und mit ihr die Bereitschaft zu platten Moralisierungen gewachsen oder auch, wenn man auf Frankreich sieht, die Flucht in eine literarische Arcanistik.”
― Niklas Luhmann, Protest. Systemtheorie und soziale Bewegungen.