Adi Katkam

“Stand as I did after throwing the switch, a murderer, a betrayer, but still proud, feet firmly planted on Hyperion’s shifting sand, head held high, fist raised against the sky, crying “A plague on both your houses!”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.”
― Dan Simmons, Endymion

“Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion