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“You have to take Bible prophecy literally, just like everything else in the Bible.”
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“The future is purchased by the present.”
Source : Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1809). “The Rambler”, p.94
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“In the years since his murder, we have transformed King into a kind of innocuous black Santa Claus.”
Source : Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.107, Broadway Books
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“But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.”
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“No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.”
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“What is a human being, then?' A seed' A... seed?' An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree.”
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“Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.”
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“You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.”
Source : Alastair Reynolds (2016). “Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds”, p.189, Hachette UK
