The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea re — Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea re — Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea re — Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea re — Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea re — Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
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The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously.

— Iain M. Banks, Surface Detail
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