132 Quotes by Peter F. Hamilton

In any decent civilization, healthcare is a right, not a privilege.

It was always a puzzle, given that he spent his days achieving nothing, that he had no time for anything.

Wherever you find human misery, you find lawyers, either causing it or making a profit from it.

Don’t worry. The chaps train for civil disobedience suppression. We’ll crack a few heads, chuck some of the would-be revolutionaries in jail, and the rest will slink off back to their hovels and drink themselves stupid all night. And if worse comes to worst, well, we’ve got all the guns, haven’t we?

That’s just to start?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Giu. So what happens after that?’ ‘Whatever needs to happen. That’s the whole point of being strategic.

Lawyers had abolished the simple concept of right and wrong, turning it into degrees of guilt.

Any sentient entity who has lived, has changed.

True life is the understanding and support of other people, of selflessness, of charity, of kindness.

Humans can do anything if they have enough determination. And knowledge. Knowledge is the key to everything.