Ben Sugden

“Maybe he thinks you’re an agent of deep state oppression. We’re dealing with an old guy with a ponytail here.”
― Lee Child, Past Tense

“There are no facts—only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multi-level, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system. Bene Gesserit Azhar Book”
― Brian Herbert, Dune: House Corrino

“Driving into Huddersfield, Mary followed the signs for the city center and Kingsgate Shopping Centre. She managed to shoehorn the Volvo into the multistory car park without scraping too much paint off on the concrete pillars, then led the fractious and irritated children out in search of a toilet facility, fast food, and some sort of bribe. “There’s a GameStop in here,” she told Robert, “and something called The Entertainer Toy Shop. Wouldn’t you like to go there after lunch, children?”
― Charles Stross, Quantum of Nightmares

“The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune