Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

BLINDSIGHT is fearless: a magnificent, darkly gleaming jewel of a book that hurdles the contradictions inherent in biochemistry, consciousness, and human hearts without breaking stride.

Opinions are like kittens," he commented. "People are always giving them away.

The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated equilibrium: a stately wobbling, then a sudden tipping point. There was plenty of warning, I suppose. We just weren’t paying attention.

You know," he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

Every one of us is a minor tragedy. Most of us learn to cope.

The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another.