# Quote — Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space

> “Are you sharpness personified?”
>
> Khouri poured herself a few final sips of coffee and then left the rest of it on the stove for when she got back. Coffee was her only vice, one acquired in her soldiering days on the Edge. The trick was to reach a knife-edge of alertness, but not be so buzzing that she could not point the weapon without shaking.
>
> “I think I’ve reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level, if that’s what you mean.”

- Author: [Alastair Reynolds](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds.md)
- Book: [Revelation Space](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/revelation-space.md)
- Page: 27
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/revelation-space/are-you-sharpness

## More from this book

> “A splendidly inept thing,” Sylveste said, nodding despite himself.
>
> “What?”
>
> “The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn’t just level off—it just gives up, resets itself to zero. Admit it. None of us feel a damn about these people.”

p. 323 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/revelation-space/a-splendidly-inept.md)

> “I don’t know.” That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.

p. 357 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/revelation-space/i-dont-know.md)

> I was going to call it a mistake, but you could argue that there are no mistakes in war, only fortunate and less fortunate events.

p. 220 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/revelation-space/i-was-going.md)