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b7c2d52 We only become beasts--we become worse than beasts--when we torment others. Iain Banks
b0da9c4 Perhaps my certainty is misplaced. Iain Banks
33b0611 What, now?""Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy." Iain Banks
5d5e0ce Believe me; democracy in action can be an unpretty sight. Iain Banks
4fb608b Oh. I didn't realise.""Then you're simply ignorant rather than malevolent. Congratulations." Iain Banks
d8e8299 You serious?""I'm always serious, never more so than when I'm being flippant." Iain Banks
dae6695 A good death. Well, he thought, given that you had to die, why want a bad one? Iain Banks
e3e0806 Anyway," she said. "I'm sorry.""Indeed. I can see contrition oozing from your every pore." Iain Banks
6bccaf7 Allow me to attenuate my portentousness for you. Iain Banks
9566f87 Hope could be more painful than despair. Iain Banks
b6ea99e Wait for the appointed hour. Iamblichus
ec1e33c Trivia and pettiness consume mankind, surely the most pretentious creation of all. Ian Brady
4eb1b28 It's the theatricality, Wuthering Heights, Hound of the Baskervilles. Ian Brady
425b9c8 I can't stand feeble, robotic psychiatrists. They give you false drugs and turn you into a zombie. Ian Brady
5525a9e You're just a package. You're in a cage and people poke you with a stick. Ian Brady
e4576e7 Most prisoners are perfectly mentally healthy compared with the paranoia of prison officials. Ian Brady
61d4867 Oh, talk about lightning striking twice. Another goal scrubbed out for the United States. Ian Darke
add4121 The Shock of the New Ian Dunlop
1d174aa So long have I been languished on the shelf Ian Dury
dc67a24 He disagreed with something that ate him. Ian Fleming
530e9c2 I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Ian Fleming
876e01e Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life. Ian Fleming
2941f0c Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology. Ian Hacking
986f078 Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance. Ian Hacking
37c22b9 If this is justice, I am a banana. Ian Hislop
e9c4902 The trouble about working on a tabloid is that they tend to be run by bullies. Ian Hislop
6b7dff4 I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak. Ian Hislop
fcb5a28 Apparently it's my fault that the Titanic sank. Ian Holloway
00183c3 I love Blackpool. We're very similar. We both look better in the dark. Ian Holloway
2f5e7d6 I'd rather do that than build chicken sheds no-one wanted! Ian Holloway
05a2bca For the Chinese Communist Party, history is legitimacy. Ian Johnson
852815d I've always been intriqued by form. Ian McBryde
2bf2882 I love the notion of brevity. Ian McBryde
dd60770 A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others. Ideas
40e331c Only miscalculation could kill you in interstellar war. The equations were hard but they were fair. Ian McDonald
817be26 It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather. Ian McDonald
c0e0797 She had trapped the bird of salvation, sung to it, tamed it and wrung its neck. Ian McDonald
660d2f9 Once muddying subjectivities are removed from the issue, the decision becomes clear. Ian McDonald
4599dd9 A chilly piety leaked into the air. Ian McDonald
80bf96c I've always found that the root of a computer problem is human frailty Ian McDonald
13754f7 Half your DNA's owned by some biotech corporation. Every time you have sex, you break copyright. Ian McDonald
2e00ffa His theory of golf is, never play any sport that requires you to dress as your grandfather. Ian McDonald
d6a002c The elephants fight but the rats go about their business. Ian McDonald
9f1db64 He has no belief--faith is beneath his dignity--but he enjoys the designed madness of religion. Ian McDonald