# Proteus Unbound

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound

## Quotes

> “I think I’ll have a sign made for that far wall,” said Bey at last.
>
> “Indeed?”
>
> “Yes. It will say, ‘If you have nothing to do, please don’t do it here’.”

p. 271 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/i-think-ill.md)

> He had achieved his objective, but his little inside voice would not keep quiet. Too easy, it said, much too easy. When a difficult goal is achieved with no effort, it’s time to be suspicious.

p. 433 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/he-had-achieved.md)

> “Did you do what I asked you to?”
>
> “As much as I could. Have you ever tried to brief your boss, without telling her what’s going on?”
>
> “A hundred times. It’s the first rule of self-preservation.”

p. 409 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/did-you-do-what.md)

> “Hormones are everything, Turpin,” she said to the bird on her shoulder. “Brains are nice, and looks are nice, and logic’s even nicer; but hormones run the show. For everyone, even for me and you.”

p. 285 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/hormones-are-everything.md)

> War was senseless. And yet war came creeping steadily closer.

p. 330 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/war-was-senseless.md)

> They saw every event through the distorting lens of their own paranoia.

p. 332 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/they-saw-every.md)

> He was still young enough to hate looking like a fool more than anything in the world.

p. 419 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/he-was-still.md)