Thomas Desforges

“One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.”
― Iain M. Banks, Inversions

“That was the Dependency Principle; that you could never forget where your Off switches were located, even if it was somewhere tiresome.”
― Iain M. Banks, Excession

“Patience can be a means of letting matters mature to a proper state for action, not just a way of letting time slip away.”
― Iain M. Banks, Inversions

“Mocking the wisdom that comes with age is a fit sport only for those who expect never to attain much of it themselves”
― Iain M. Banks, Inversions