Siddharth

“Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.”
― Javik

“As he walked past shops and teahouses he could still”
― Greg Egan, Zendegi

“It is in this gesture of "going beyond," to be something in oneself rather than the pawn of a consensus, the refusal to stay within a rigid circle that others have drawn around one-it is in this solitary act that one finds true creativity. All others things follow as a matter of course.”
― Alexander Grothendieck

“Simulated consciousness" was as oxymoronic as "simulated addition.”
― Greg Egan, Permutation City