Ian McDonald Quotes

• Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.

  Ian McDonald

  Lying, Fake, Deception

  Ian McDonald (2007). “Brasyl”

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• There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.

  Ian McDonald

  Broken, Behavior, Circumstances

  Ian McDonald (2007). “River of Gods”, Pyr Books

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• You collect art: you must know that the miniature artists, at the end of careers spent painting the tiniest, most exacting details that no one would ever look at, would often put their eyes out with needles. Too much beauty, yes, but also too much seeing. They were tired of seeing. The dark was safe and warm and comfortable. Blindness was a gift. I still have seeing to do.

  Ian McDonald

  Art, Eye, Tired

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• The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.

  Ian McDonald

  Earth, Tribes, Geek

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• He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He can treasure it without believing in it.

  Ian McDonald

  Believe, Theatre, Treasure

  Ian McDonald (2010). “The Dervish House”, p.160, Hachette UK

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• In the Age of Kali the meek and helpless will be preyed upon without mercy, and there will be a surplus of AK-47s.

  Ian McDonald

  Age, Kali, Mercy

  Ian McDonald (2009). “Cyberabad Days”, p.89, Hachette UK

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