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Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind."

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders."

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.




Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Suicide is not something I owe you or yours."

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side."

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.




Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present."

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game."

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade."

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.




Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "The future looks a bit bleak to me."

The future looks a bit bleak to me.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice."

Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans."

Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you."

They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out."

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.




Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry."

Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago."

If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits."

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care."

She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus."

For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague."

Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Men are loyal when you lead from the front."

Men are loyal when you lead from the front.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off."

When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?"

Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free."

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it."

The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Take three different Thai writers and ask them to extrapolate their county's future, and one hopes that you'll get three very different - but all deeply honest - versions."

Take three different Thai writers and ask them to extrapolate their county's future, and one hopes that you'll get three very different - but all deeply honest - versions.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by."

When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told."

What I'm hoping to do though is to ground my extrapolations in specificity, and to make sure that the story I tell is deliberately and honestly told.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice."

I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I like fast plots with things that explode."

I like fast plots with things that explode.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil."

Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Blood is not destiny."

Blood is not destiny.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "A desert's a stupid place to put a river."

A desert's a stupid place to put a river.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically."

Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers."

It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "The more you read about and immerse in a culture, the more it comes alive, and the more textured and nuanced and detailed and unstereotypable it becomes."

The more you read about and immerse in a culture, the more it comes alive, and the more textured and nuanced and detailed and unstereotypable it becomes.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power."

Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit."

Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "You couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually."

You couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war."

Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Maggot twitch, some people called it. If you’d seen much of the war, you had it. Some more. Some less. But everybody had it."

Maggot twitch, some people called it. If you’d seen much of the war, you had it. Some more. Some less. But everybody had it.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I'm a chess piece. A pawn, ' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game."

I'm a chess piece. A pawn, ' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Jesus walked on water, so maybe he makes aquifers, too."

Jesus walked on water, so maybe he makes aquifers, too.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "A gamble. Everything was a damn gamble. Betting against luck and the Fates, again and again, and again. She kept walking, waiting for the bullet."

A gamble. Everything was a damn gamble. Betting against luck and the Fates, again and again, and again. She kept walking, waiting for the bullet.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way if justice."

Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way if justice.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Tool wondered if the girl was going mad. It happened to people. Sometimes they saw too much and their minds went away. They lost the will to survive. They curled up and surrendered to madness."

Tool wondered if the girl was going mad. It happened to people. Sometimes they saw too much and their minds went away. They lost the will to survive. They curled up and surrendered to madness.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Start by loving, instead of needing."

Start by loving, instead of needing.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Everything’s bad, until you find something worse."

Everything’s bad, until you find something worse.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I was interested in political failure here in the U.S. The way we're failing to work together to solve even our smallest problems, let alone the complex ones."

I was interested in political failure here in the U.S. The way we're failing to work together to solve even our smallest problems, let alone the complex ones.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience."

Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.



Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes: "I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth."

I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.