Sheldon Demus

“     Illicit flight Alfa Bravo Charlie quickly reached a predetermined altitude and stopped dead. The passengers on board screamed the way people do on fairground rides. The shuttle hesitated momentarily and then shot forward accelerating rapidly to reach a blistering 145,222 miles per hour. They were in a Mach 22 situation. The cries from on-board could not be heard from the ground. Neither did anyone in the great metropolis of Llar witness the bright blue vapour trail the craft left behind in its wake. It was after all overcast and raining heavily.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

“Hükümet (veya insanlık) idam cezasına izin vermiyor ama milyonlarca kişinin her gün yavaş yavaş öldürülmesine göz yumuyor. Bir insanı öldürmek -yani yaşamından 50 yıl almak- suç ama tüm insanların yaşamlarından 50.000.000 yılı çekip almak suç değil!”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Ito finally, who had been keeping very quiet
up to this point.
“Indeed. How much will it cost?” asked Brown
“About twenty million Interplanetary Credits,” said Demba. “A modest investment for
a man of your means.”
“Indeed,” said Brown again. That was all the money he had, which started to strike
him as strange, when his thoughts were interrupted.
“We’ll arrange a visit to the mine,” said Ito. “Show you the place itself.”
“Indeed,” said Brown. Or had he said that? The strange waking memory he had fallen
into started to become repetitive. Reality started to flow back in.
Diamonds, thought Brown. All those diamonds in that mine.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“It’s not a fight. It is surrender and acknowledgement of the Goddess from my heart. And that Love is God: my God, my religion.”
― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her