“ At any given time there were more than a billion transmissions buzzing through that darkness, chronicling everything from a grandchild’s first words to the kind of secrets that could unseat government… C.S. Friedman
“ The more complex our security becomes, the more complex our enemy’s efforts must be.The more we seek to shut him out, the better he must learn to become at breaking in.Each new level of security that… C.S. Friedman
“ The iru only seemed more alien than most to him because he was nantana, and all the signals of tone and movement which he relied upon for social intercourse were absent in such a man. Or distorted. Or… C.S. Friedman
“ All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can leave the clearest trail of all. C.S. Friedman
“ The manner in which a man lies can sometimes reveal more of his nature than the truth. C. J. AMBERLEIGH, The Art of Inquisition C.S. Friedman
“ Each new technology will bring with it new forms of crime, demanding innovative security. That is the dynamic which drives our modern progress: not dreams, not ideals, but the simple desire on the par… C.S. Friedman
“ All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can leave the clearest trail of all. DR. KIO MASADA… C.S. Friedman
“ To Kaimera Lord Zatar, Zarvati, son of Vinir and K’siva From the Elders of the Holding The Elders respectfully remind you that it is required of each purebred Braxaná male that he sire four register… C.S. Friedman
“ There is no such thing as redemption, my friend. There is right, there is wrong, and there are a million shades of color between the two. Once you've done wrong, it is always with you. You just have t… C.S. Friedman
“ Look, she told me. A good kreda is very hard to find. I invested a lot of time and memory in you. I had no intention of giving all that up, just because you were going to be in a bad mood for a decade… C.S. Friedman
“ Anzha was trapped in someone else’s dream. Such a thing didn’t happen often, but it happened. Intensity of emotion meant intensity of contact; in the close confines of the Institute, where hundreds of… C.S. Friedman
“ An uninspired ruler works to develop those relationships which will be most to his advantage. A great ruler determines the most desirable relationships and assumes them into being. C.S. Friedman
“ Amazing, is it not, that in the face of death we hunger for distraction, and are wont to focus on other things, trivial things, as a means of not acknowledging our danger.... C.S. Friedman
“ What is true genius, if not the perfect balance of inspiration and perseverence? CHEULGU KIM Ancient Truths for a New Age C.S. Friedman
“ The more I think about it, the more it frightens me. So why are you getting involved? He shut his eyes. So I can look at myself in the mirror again. And know that I did my best. C.S. Friedman
“ Let every government see to it that each child is implanted with the tools it needs to communicate, calculate, and process data. Let each government make sure that rich and poor alike, dirtborn and ou… C.S. Friedman
“ He’d once had to fight off a pack of ghouls in below-zero weather with nothing on but a pair of socks, and it wasn’t an experience he was anxious to repeat. He C.S. Friedman
