It was already 1100 and what had he achieved today? Nothing, so far as he could tell, except to learn that the Navy's motto seemed to be "Hurry up and wait."
- Singularity Sky
Accelerating to speeds faster than light was, of course, impossible. General relativity had made that clear enough back in the twentieth century. However, since then a number of ways of circumventing the speed limit had turned up; by now, there were at least six different known methods of moving mass or information from A to B without going through c.
- Singularity Sky
She grinned, and her expression unnerved Martin: white teeth, red lips, and something about her manner that reminded him of home, where women weren't just well-bred ornaments for the family tree.
- Singularity Sky
[After the Singularity, the following message appeared on every human-inhabited planet.]
I am the Eschaton. I am not your god.
I am descended from you, and I exist in your future.
Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic cone. Or else.
...
"[Explains the planned maneuver of going far into the future, getting the information on the enemy, then jumping to before the first strike to surprise the opponent.] With me so far? But the real problem is God. They're planning on breaking the Third Commandment."
Boursy crossed himself and looked puzzled. "What, disrespecting the holy father and mother? My family-"
"No, the one that says thou shalt not fuck with history or else, signed Yours Truly, God. That Third Commandment, the one burned into Thanksgiving Rock in letters six feet deep and thirty feet high. Got it?"
- Singularity Sky
God loves atheists because they do the right thing without being scared into it.
- Fai, said to have quoted from another source
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