“I look young, almost as young as you lot; but the real difference between us is cynicism. You don’t have… — Peter F. Hamilton
“I look young, almost as young as you lot; but the real difference between us is cynicism. You don’t have any, while I’ve got a ton of it.”
“I’m cynical, Philip protested. “I don’t believe a word politicians say.”
“That’s not cynicism,” Sophie said. “That’s just common sense.”
p. 248Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
More from this book
Well, just remember, babies are God’s way of persuading parents to have teenagers.
p. 30
Your generation, always want the capital letters, never the subtext. You don’t learn to read properly, that’s the trouble. And don’t start telling me you’ve accessed books. I’m talking about the real thing, good solid paper that you can hold in your hand, and bend the page corners the way you’re not supposed to.
p. 236
It was the sort of review board that Jeff thoroughly disapproved of; hands-on bureaucratic interference in university and agency programs always lead to pure science being impoverished.
p. 152
