Quotes from book
Century Rain

Century Rain
Alastair Reynolds

Century Rain is a 2004 noir science fiction alternate history mystery novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds .

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“The simple fact was that she no longer hated them as a matter of principle. It was also a source of shameful amazement that she could ever have wasted so much energy on groundless prejudice, when acceptance and tolerance would have been the easier, even the lazier, course.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 36 (p. 567)

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“Why was it never good news that put problems into perspective? Why did it always take another set of problems?”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 14 (p. 219)

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“Charm was what he excelled at. If anyone sensed his underlying shallowness, they usually mistook it for well-hidden great depth of character, like misinterpreting a radar bounce.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 4 (p. 42)

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““It must be a real one-horse town.”
Auger shook her head as she lit a cigarette. “It has wild ambitions of becoming a one-horse town.””

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 15 (p. 242)

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“Nice girls don’t carry guns.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 19 (p. 325)