Quotes by Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

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Here and there amidst the wreckage, she found advanced devices that more or less still functioned. With one exception, s — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change. — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories. — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt. — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive — Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep