Паоло Бачигалупи цитаты

„Лучи пустынного солнца прорезали тьму подвала, показав бетонные полы и лениво кружащиеся в воздухе частицы пыли, а над головой — треснувшие пластиковые трубы водопровода и канализации. Артерии и вены дома, который давным-давно умер.“

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Источник: Навола

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

„Огромный Новый Орлеан, затонувший город, появился не сразу, а как бы частями. Покосившиеся стены хижин, разломанные проросшими сквозь них баньянами и кипарисами. Обколотые бетонные плиты и рассыпанный кирпич, под которыми скрывались выгребные ямы.
Оплетенные зарослями кудзу заброшенные дома, в тени огромных тропических деревьев.“

Источник: романы

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

„Протоптанная тропа вилась вдоль одной из старых дорог, сделанных из бетона и постепенно покрывшихся землей, листьями и лианами. Новые деревья пробивали себе дорогу, прорастая сквозь трещины в бетоне, но дорога до сих пор была широкой и открытой, на ней росло гораздо меньше зелени, чем в джунглях. Иногда тропа вдруг взлетала вверх, на высокую арку, подпертую бетонными столбами, следуя за старыми развязками из тех времен, когда у всех был бензин и автомобили.“

Источник: рассказы

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

“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. We went down that path once, and it brought us to ruin.”

Источник: рассказы

Паоло Бачигалупи: Цитаты на английском языке

“All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others’ lives for it.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 93

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

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 121

“Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 55

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

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 41

“Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.”

"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004

“If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 77

“The symbol for the Environment Ministry is the eye of a tortoise, for the long view—the understanding that nothing comes cheap or quickly without a hidden cost.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 94

“We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 121

“At first, when California started winning its water lawsuits and shutting off cities, the displaced people just followed the water—right to California. It took a little while before the bureaucrats realized what was going on, but finally someone with a sharp pencil did the math and realized that taking in people along with their water didn't solve a water shortage.”

"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004

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

"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006

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

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 212

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

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 247

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

"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006

“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 книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 280

“She does not know how little anyone cares to separate wheat from chaff, when all anyone wants to do is burn a field.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 306

“Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 204

“You're saying that you yoked the world to your patented grains and seeds, happily enslaved us all—and now you finally realize that you are dragging us all to hell.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 67

“An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.”

Paolo Bacigalupi книга Заводная

Источник: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 151

“If you act like a servant, you will die like a dog.”

"The Pasho", in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004