“Cyphel knew exactly how he felt about her as well — it was there in he...” — Alastair Reynolds Quote

“Cyphel knew exactly how he felt about her as well — it was there in her expression whenever they spoke that beguiling combination of amusement and haughtiness that she carried off so well. It was a look that expressed disdain at Campion’s guarded advances but also a kind of measured probationary respect as well. It was a look that said You dare to think that I will find you as interesting as you obviously find me Well perhaps in that very act of daring you become interesting to me if only fleetingly.”

“I don't like a lot of what's published as hard SF. Much of it is right-wing, reactionary crap.”

“Speaking for myself, I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists.”

“I had - and continued to have - great fun exploring the Revelation Space universe, but it was always clear to me that I wanted to write other kinds of books, even within what might be termed the fairly narrow overlapping genre categories of hard SF and space opera.”

“My early memories of 'Who' are clouded by time and confused by repeats and reissues. I have no direct recollection of the first two Doctors and none at all of the first season of the Pertwee era. By the last two seasons of the Third Doctor, I was properly hooked.”

“But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't even died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol on the ladies' room door.”

“Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.”

“Relationships are like a dance. When one person changes their rhythm, the other generally follows. For now, let’s drop any need for our partner to change and let’s start with ourselves.”

“I guess it can’t be too often that two people can laugh and make love, too, make love because they are laughing, laugh because they’re making love. The love and the laughter come from the same place: but not many people go there”

“Çünkü akıl susmuş, geriye yalnız kalp kalmıştır.”

“It was time to step out of my comfort zone. I was going to meet people face-to-face. The book had received rave reviews from everybody, everywhere. Oops, I did read that four people didn't like it. I'd like to respond to those comments right now. Fuck all four of y'all.”