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“Gosh, thanks. That must be why the other ships call me
Meatfucker.”
― Iain M. Banks, Excession

“The bomb lives only as it is falling.”
― Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons

“One hundred idiots make idiotic plans and carry them out. All but one justly fail. The hundredth idiot, whose plan succeeded through pure luck, is immediately convinced he’s a genius.”
― Iain M. Banks

“Never forget I am not this silver body, Mahrai. I am not an animal brain, I am not even some attempt to produce an AI through software running on a computer. I am a Culture Mind. We are close to gods, and on the far side.”
― Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward