Outis

“This was her last chance at the closest thing to freedom: her will, her actions, and the outcome in the world could all be in harmony.”
― Greg Egan, The Clockwork Rocket

“it was still the pre-eminent social networking site for the 0-3 age group”
― Greg Egan, Oceanic

“I inspect everything more closely, and there is about every surface—the river, the forest, the bark of the trees, the underbrush between them, even my own skin—there is about it all the unmistakable texture of linen stretched and framed. And this is when I feel the camel’s hair brush and the oil paint dabbing tenderly, meticulously, at the space below my navel.”
― Caitlín R. Kiernan, The Drowning Girl

“To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. Thus proof is a word not often used among the Handdarata, who have chosen not to treat God as a fact, subject either to proof or to belief: and they have broken the circle, and go free.
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness