162 Quotes by Peter Watts

If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert

How is an elephant like a schizophrenic?”“I – what?”“An elephant never forgets.”He said nothing.“That’s an AI joke,” she said after a while.

The static’s nice. I could do without the screeching.”“Are you kidding? That’s the music of the spheres, commissar. It’s beautiful. Like old jazz.

Transcendence is transformation.

Everyone’s running from something.

You said it was colorful. What changed?""I don't know. Maybe nothing. I just— I don't actually remember the dreams when I wake up any more.""So how do you know you still have them?" Pag asked.Fuck it I thought, and tipped back the last of my pint in a single gulp. "I know.""How?"I frowned, taken aback. I had to think for a few moments before I remembered."I wake up smiling," I said.

Word of advice,” the Colonel said from the other side. “Don’t tease the zombies.

The vampires win every time.

Pack animals always tear apart the weaklings in their midst. Every child knows that much instinctively.