Karl Schroeder citations

Karl Schroeder, né le 4 septembre 1962 à Brandon dans la province du Manitoba, est un auteur anglophone de science-fiction canadien. Ses nouvelles, se produisant dans un futur lointain, abordent des thèmes tels la nanotechnologie, la terraformation, la réalité augmentée et le voyage interstellaire. Wikipedia  

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Karl Schroeder: Citations en anglais

“What’s real is what’s valuable. Everything else is just an illusion.”

Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 17 (p. 183).

“But what good’s abundance if nobody can experience it?”

Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 23 (p. 256).

“Technologies are control systems,” she said. “They dictate your reality.”

Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 25 (p. 277).

“That’s what being human means: to be master of your own fate.”

Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 23 (p. 262).

“Even the gods fight boredom in vain.”

Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 22 (p. 252).

“I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.”

“As listeners, we are not required to understand,” said Qiingi. “Only to care.”
Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 16 (p. 176).

“Then you have no more wish to rule? The country needs you now more than ever.”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

She shook her head. “I’ve been crushed under the weight of power all my life. I think I’m going to enjoy missing it.” She laughed at the lightness with which she dismissed royal power. Every moment was a surprise, these days. She hoped that that feeling would never end.
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 45 (p. 655)

“Something’s wrong.”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

Axel shrugged. “That statement probably applies to every second I’ve spent on this blasted world.”
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 44 (p. 632)

“What if they don’t surrender?”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

“My Lady,” he said, “you never ask that question after you’ve gone to war.”
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 41 (p. 599)

“It’s not that simple.”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

“Ah! That phrase is Male for ‘I’m afraid to.’”
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 40 (p. 586)

“Humans become violent when they feel their interest are threatened.”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

Galas scowled. “They were never threatened! Parliament is a rumor mill staffed by trough-fed clods who abuse the tongue of their birth every time they open their mouths. They all gabble at once and confuse one another mightily, and when this confusion is committed to paper they refer to it as ‘policy.’”
Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 17 (p. 246)

“Just because something is convincing, that does not make it true. It is merely convincing.”

Karl Schroeder livre Ventus

Source: Ventus (2000), Chapter 15 (p. 227)

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