Justin Waller

“The History Of The Universe In Three Words

CHAPTER ONE
Bang!

CHAPTER TWO
sssss

CHAPTER THREE
crunch.

THE END”
― Iain M. Banks

“He might come in useful.'
'Yeah. So's a broken leg if you want to kick yourself in the back of the head.”
― Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

“Though drones, avatars and even humans are one thing; the loss of any is not without moral and diplomatic import, of course, but might be dismissed as merely unfortunate and regrettable, something to be smoothed over through the usual channels. Attacking a ship, on the other hand, is an unambiguous act of war.”
― Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail

“Once one survives the trough that comes with the understanding that people are going to go on being stupid and cruel to each other no matter what, probably for ever – if one survives; many people choose suicide at this point instead – then one starts to take the attitude, Oh well, never mind.”
― Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata