Daniel

“Life evolves. Parasites evolve. Sex evolves to counter the parasites. Shuffles the genes so the parasites have to shoot for a moving target. Everything else—species diversity, density-dependence, everything—it all follows from those three laws. You get a self-replicating string past a certain threshold, it’s like a nuclear reaction.”
― Peter Watts, Starfish

“There comes a moment in life when we see ourselves as others see us. I suppose that is part of growing up, and it is not always comfortable.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Pale Horseman

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, did you?”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons: Four Novellas

“If you did things because you were evil, you were in real trouble. If you did the same things because you were sick, though, the doctors would sometimes cover for you. Fischer had learned to be sick.”
― Peter Watts, Starfish