# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Proteus Unbound

> 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.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Proteus Unbound](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound.md)
- Page: 433
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Proteus_Unbound_(1989)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-unbound/he-had-achieved

## More from this book

> “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)

> “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)