“That is the problem with ignorance. You can never truly know the extent of what you are ignorant about.”
―
Adrian Tchaikovsky,
Children of Time
“Life is not perfect, individuals will always be flawed, but empathy – the sheer inability to see those around them as anything other than people too – conquers all, in the end.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“A life lived entirely at the whim of another is no life at all.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Humanity is overrated” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis
“If there had been some tiny bead present in the brain of all humans, that had told each other, They are like you; that had drawn some thin silk thread of empathy, person to person, in a planet-wide net – what might then have happened? Would there have been the same wars, massacres, persecutions and crusades?” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“At last the words fought themselves free, 'Promise me--''Nothing,' she snapped instantly. 'No promises. The universe promises us nothing; I extend the same to you.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“You can never know. That is the problem with ignorance. You can never truly know the extent of what you are ignorant about.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“You're not like other Wasps.""Aren't I?" Aagen smiled, but it was a painful smile. "No doubt you've killed my kinsmen by the score.""A few," Salma allowed."Well, next time you shed my kinden's blood, think on this: we are but men, no less nor more than other men, and we strive and feel joy and fail as men have always done. We live in the darkness that is the birthright of us all, that of hurt and ignorance, only sometimes... sometimes there comes the sun." He let the bowl fall from his fingers to the floor, watching it spin and settle, unbroken.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Empire in Black and Gold
“Alpash moved to go, and for a moment Holsten was going to stop him, to ask that impossible question that historians can never ask, regarding the things they study: What is it like to be you? A question nobody can step far enough out of their own frame of reference to answer.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“evolution had gifted them with a profoundly complex toolkit for taking the world apart to see if there was a crab hiding under it.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“They are performing that oldest of tricks: constructing a path by which to reach a destination, only in this case the destination is permanent security. With each step they take towards it, that security recedes. And, with each step they take, the cost of progressing towards such security grows, and the actions required to move forward become more and more extreme.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“We’re going on an adventure.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“Advance science as far as you like, the human mind continued to place itself at the centre of the universe.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“There had been those back on Earth who claimed the universe cared, and that the survival of humanity was important, destined, meant . They had mostly stayed behind, holding to their corroding faith that some great power would weigh in on their behalf if only things became so very bad. Perhaps it had: those on the ark ship could never know for sure. Holsten had his own beliefs, though, and they did not encompass salvation by any means other than the hand of mankind itself.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the price of being free.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War
“What does it mean that you are there and we are here? Is there meaning or is it random chance? Because what else does one ask even a broken cybernetic deity but, Why are we here?” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“A bandit, a man-hunter, a lawbreaker, a bow for hire. I never wanted any grand cause. If it looks like I'm fighting tyrants, it's only because the world's so damned full of them that you can't draw a sword without crossing some of their laws. Easy as easy, it is, to become an outlaw.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Heirs of the Blade
“conclusions are a matter of extrapolated logic based on her best comprehension of the principles the universe has revealed to her.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Life is not perfect, individuals will always be flawed, but empathy – the sheer inability to see those around them as anything other than people too – conquers all, in the end.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“A life lived entirely at the whim of another is no life at all.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Humanity is overrated” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis
“If there had been some tiny bead present in the brain of all humans, that had told each other, They are like you; that had drawn some thin silk thread of empathy, person to person, in a planet-wide net – what might then have happened? Would there have been the same wars, massacres, persecutions and crusades?” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“At last the words fought themselves free, 'Promise me--''Nothing,' she snapped instantly. 'No promises. The universe promises us nothing; I extend the same to you.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“You can never know. That is the problem with ignorance. You can never truly know the extent of what you are ignorant about.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“You're not like other Wasps.""Aren't I?" Aagen smiled, but it was a painful smile. "No doubt you've killed my kinsmen by the score.""A few," Salma allowed."Well, next time you shed my kinden's blood, think on this: we are but men, no less nor more than other men, and we strive and feel joy and fail as men have always done. We live in the darkness that is the birthright of us all, that of hurt and ignorance, only sometimes... sometimes there comes the sun." He let the bowl fall from his fingers to the floor, watching it spin and settle, unbroken.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Empire in Black and Gold
“Alpash moved to go, and for a moment Holsten was going to stop him, to ask that impossible question that historians can never ask, regarding the things they study: What is it like to be you? A question nobody can step far enough out of their own frame of reference to answer.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“evolution had gifted them with a profoundly complex toolkit for taking the world apart to see if there was a crab hiding under it.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“They are performing that oldest of tricks: constructing a path by which to reach a destination, only in this case the destination is permanent security. With each step they take towards it, that security recedes. And, with each step they take, the cost of progressing towards such security grows, and the actions required to move forward become more and more extreme.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“We’re going on an adventure.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“Advance science as far as you like, the human mind continued to place itself at the centre of the universe.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin
“There had been those back on Earth who claimed the universe cared, and that the survival of humanity was important, destined, meant . They had mostly stayed behind, holding to their corroding faith that some great power would weigh in on their behalf if only things became so very bad. Perhaps it had: those on the ark ship could never know for sure. Holsten had his own beliefs, though, and they did not encompass salvation by any means other than the hand of mankind itself.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the price of being free.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War
“What does it mean that you are there and we are here? Is there meaning or is it random chance? Because what else does one ask even a broken cybernetic deity but, Why are we here?” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
“A bandit, a man-hunter, a lawbreaker, a bow for hire. I never wanted any grand cause. If it looks like I'm fighting tyrants, it's only because the world's so damned full of them that you can't draw a sword without crossing some of their laws. Easy as easy, it is, to become an outlaw.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Heirs of the Blade
“conclusions are a matter of extrapolated logic based on her best comprehension of the principles the universe has revealed to her.” ― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
