“Very little detective work could be accomplished before a crime occurred.”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 5, “Falling into History” (p. 276)
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“You can’t make love to your fame. Even though some people try.”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 4, “Homesick” (p. 221)
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 4, “Homesick” (p. 205)
“Being on Mars will change us in an evolutionary way.”
Arkady shook his head vehemently, causing him to spin a little in the air over the table. “No, no, no, no! History is not evolution! It is a false analogy! Evolution is a matter of environment and chance, acting over millions of years. But history is a matter of environment and choice, acting within lifetimes, and sometimes within years, or months, or days! History is Lamarckian! So that if we choose to establish certain institutions on Mars, there they will be! And if we choose others, there they will be!”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 88)
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 85)
“The urge to excel and the urge to lead aren’t the same. Sometimes I think they may be opposites.”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 67)
Frank repeated.
”Well I hope I never get it! It’s like being hit by a hammer in the head!”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 53)
“Ridiculous. But lies were what people wanted; that was politics.”
Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 1, “Festival Night” (p. 7)