Nick Upton

“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“I don’t think I really believe in paradise, Carl. You want to know the truth, I don’t think any of us do really. Deep down, down where it counts, I think we all know it’s a crock of shit. That’s why we’re all so fucking determined to spread the good news, to shove it down other people’s throats. Because if we can’t make other people believe it, how are we going to stamp out the doubt in ourselves. And it’s cold, that doubt.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Thirteen

“To recommend change, as this report does, is not to suggest that the problems we address will disappear or no longer require attention. At most they will disappear from view, and this may very well be a counterproductive outcome, since it cannot fail to encourage a complacency we can ill-afford.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Thirteen

“Real monsters will always disappoint. The unseen threat, the rumour, is a far greater power.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Thirteen