Ian McDonald: Quotes about time

Ian McDonald is British science fiction novelist. Explore interesting quotes on time.

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“It was not socialism or communism or Islamism. It was romanticism. There is no more incandescent passion than love in a time of revolution.”

Ian McDonald book The Dervish House

Source: The Dervish House (2010), Ch. 6, §8 (p. 223)

“She had not won a clean victory. Tinkering with time and history offended her political sensibilities. History was written in the stones. It was not a numinous thing to be tossed sparkling in the air to lie where it fell. She did not like to think of her life and world as a mere mutability of potentials.”

Ian McDonald book Desolation Road

Source: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 64 (p. 327).

“Half your DNA's owned by some biotech corporation. Every time you have sex, you break copyright.”

Ian McDonald book River of Gods

Source: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 5 (p. 58).