“It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets.” KindMightPlanetsLessonsEnjoyedBiologyPornographySnapshots Book:Revelation Space Source: Revelation Space
“At one time, the treatment for a certain kind of psychosis had been to push an ice pick up through the orbit of the eye, into the frontal lobe; the ice pick was then stirred around until it reduced the problematic brain tissue to non-functioning porridge.” KindEyeCertainBrainPicksIceTreatmentOne TimeTissuesOrbitPsychosisPorridge Author:Alastair Reynolds