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

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.

“But of course, you don’t believe in the existence of sin, do you?”

“I believe in the existence of reckless stupidity,” Rashmika replied.