# Quote — Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap

> He’s not really a religious man, but he knows which side his bread’s buttered on. The churches pay his salary, so he doesn’t want anyone rocking the boat with unorthodox rumours.

- Author: [Alastair Reynolds](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds.md)
- Book: [Absolution Gap](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap.md)
- Page: 441
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/hes-not-really

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> It was a glaring omission, a sign of cosmic sloppiness. Not even that, Vasko corrected himself. It was a sign of cosmic obliviousness. The universe didn’t know what was happening here. It didn’t know and it didn’t care. It didn’t even know that it didn’t know.

p. 627 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/it-was-a-glaring.md)

> The church-sponsored archaeologists were the only ones who had any kind of overview of the entire haul of relics, and they were under intense pressure to ignore any evidence that conflicted with Quaicheist scripture. That was why Rashmika wrote them so many letters, and why their infrequent replies were always so evasive. She wanted an argument; she wanted to question the entire accepted view of the scuttlers. They wanted her to go away.

p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/the-church-sponsored-archaeologists.md)

> Rashmika could tell when anyone around her was lying. But seeing through her own deceptions was another matter entirely.

p. 119 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/rashmika-could-tell.md)