“In the artifacts that are conscious, memories of vanished lives still flicker. Tissues that were changed without dying hold the moment that a boy heard his sister was leaving home. They hold multiplication tables. They hold images of sexuality and violence and beauty. They hold the memories of flesh that no longer exists. They hold metaphors: mitochondria, starfish, Hitler’s-brain-in-a-jar, hell realm. They dream. Structures that were neurons twitch and loop and burn and dream. Images and words and pain and fear, endless.” PainFearMemoriesDreamsDyingImagesInvestigatorTissue Book:Cibola Burn Source: Cibola Burn
“Youth brought invulnerability, immortality, the unshakeable conviction that for you, things would be different, the laws of physics would cut you a break. The missiles would never hit...Maybe for other people...But not for you. And when youth was lucky enough to survive its optimism, all Miller had left was a little fear, a little envy, and the overwhelming sense of life's fragility.” LifeWisdomAgeFearYouthFragility Book:Leviathan Wakes Source: Leviathan Wakes
“A few generations living and dying without a sky, and enclosed spaces lost the atavistic terror of premature burial.” DeathFearSkyTerrorSpace ExplorationBurialAtavistic Book:Cibola Burn Source: Cibola Burn