Alastair Reynolds - Sylveste Quotes

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I don't like this at all, Hegazi said.
Believe me, Sylveste said, you're about to like it a lot less.

Alastair Reynolds

A splendidly inept thing, Sylveste said, nodding despite himself.
What?
The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn't just level off—it just gives up, resets itself to zero. Admit it. None of us feel a damn about these people.

Alastair Reynolds

I don't know. That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.

Alastair Reynolds