Quotes by : Iain Banks

it is an ocean of burning oil I am cast adrift upon, no sea’s repose; I pass from waking agonies…....

The flames had passed over those flattened blades and consumed their heather neighbours on either side....

Oh, no, Cameron; I believe we're born free of sin and free of guilt. It's just that we all catch it,....

Hey, Wrobik; cheer up, yeah? You're going to shoot down a fucking starship. It'll be an experience.

To want more was not just childish, but cowardly, and somehow constpatory too. Death was change; it led....

Bright morning comes; the bloody-fingered dawn with zealous light sets seas of air ablaze and bends to....

I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition....

...for all its apparent speed, the ship was almost perfectly silent, and he experienced an enervating,....

Anyway, you can't leave her like that. You can't do that to the woman. She doesn't deserve it; nobody....

I don't think you really belong here, Aviger." Xoxarle nodded wisely, slowly.Aviger shrugged, and did....