Memo to himself: the one way to make people panic was to warn them not to. — Alastair Reynolds

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.

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

I’m fed up with everyone being lied to just because the administration thinks it’s in our best interests not to know all the facts.