“ We want all possible things made actual, the perpetual possibility of perfection, the best of all futures all at once. Dexter Palmer
“ For instance, the cards that I wrote for the company's 'I'd Like to Declare My Confused and Ambiguous Fondness for You' line were all notorious failures, some of which were blamed as the single direct… Dexter Palmer
“ For with each bite he tasted not just the irresistible sweetness of the dessert, but the deliciously agonizing negative flavor of all the imagined foodstuffs that he could have bought with that nickel… Dexter Palmer
“ Perhaps my gift to you will be as simple as a single word, whispered into your ear by one of your servants as you lie on your deathbed, a word that solves a final mystery and makes it easy for you to… Dexter Palmer
“ But space shrinks when you get old, and things lose their wonder, and the wisest thing to do then is to try your best to sleep. Dexter Palmer
“ That's one of our speculations, by the way. That the prior version of history that this one overwrote was horrible. Complete geopolitical mayhem; half of New York City is underwater. The United States… Dexter Palmer
“ Soon our culture's oldest dreams will be made real. Even the thought of sending a kind of flying craft to the moon is no longer nothing more than a child's fantasy. At this moment in the cities below… Dexter Palmer
“ That friend of hers has got to go, though. You're lucky you got stuck with that Dexter guy instead of Dexter Palmer
“ I truly do not know, and that unnameable feeling that comes with not knowing: it must be worse than grief. It must. Dexter Palmer
“ At any other time it's better. You can do the things you feel you should; you're an expert at going through the motions. Your handshakes with strangers are firm and your gaze never wavers; you think o… Dexter Palmer
“ It is time to put down the pen; time to clear the throat. Speaking is a different thing altogether from writing. The spoken word has different properties, and different powers. If I have learned anyth… Dexter Palmer
“ As an act of goodwill you must sacrifice all the futures you might have for the one that he designs for you. Dexter Palmer
“ In the middle of all the world's incessant noise, her message was music, and music was a thing that I'd mostly lived my life without. In the ten years since I'd last seen Miranda she'd come to somehow… Dexter Palmer
“ Two moral forces shaped how we think and live in this shining twentieth century: the Virgin, and the Dynamo. The Dynamo represents the desire to know; the Virgin represents the freedom not to know.Wha… Dexter Palmer
“ If the worst thing a physicist could say about a statement is that it was “false,” the best thing he could say is that it was “interesting. Dexter Palmer
“ This is why it's good manners to give gifts in wrappers: so that, for a moment, that beast in all of us that makes us feel alive and keeps us from becoming angels can be satisfied. While a gift is in… Dexter Palmer
“ I can’t comprehend why any black man with even a lick of sense would have the slightest bit of interest in time travel. Going backward in time? A black man? You have got to be out of your mind. Dexter Palmer
“ But the arrogance of old age can cloak itself in the authority of past accomplishments, which can serve to confirm the belief that one’s arrogance is justly held. It can shield a man from the realizat… Dexter Palmer
“ Rebecca approached the causality violation chamber (too grand a name for such a faulty thing), placed her hand against its door, and closed her eyes, much as Philip had during its christening years ag… Dexter Palmer
