

“Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep

“Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep

“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep

“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep

“Here we begin frank speculation. And since we are speculating, we'll use those powerful pseudo-laws, the Principles of Mediocrity and Minimal Assumption.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
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