Matthew Lee

“My message to you is this: pretend that you have free will. It's essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don't. The reality isn't important: what's important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.”
― Ted Chiang, Exhalation

“It is no coincidence that "aspiration" means both hope and the act of breathing.”
― Ted Chiang, The Great Silence

“The circle of life on Ceres was so small you could see the curve.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“Yes, you’re in charge. That makes me XO, and it’s the XO’s job to tell the captain when he’s being an idiot. You’re being an idiot, sir.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes