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Perdido Street Station
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"Perdido Street Station" Quotes

In a fantastical city, a scientist and a rogue detective team up to battle a monstrous threat.

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A man does not serve because he is safe and secure, but in order to become so.

China Miéville

servicesacrifice

The possibility of possibility is the beginning of the end.

China Miéville

possibilityuncertainty

The rich are not good. They think it's a skill, being rich.

China Miéville

wealthmorality

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

China Miéville

revolutionoppression

We are not here to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do, and loads of it, and the load is heavy.

China Miéville

hard workdetermination

We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others' lives.

China Miéville

identityrelationships

We must accept the risk of inner conflict, of self-doubt, in order to be born in time.

China Miéville

self-discoverygrowth

We are all born in chains. Some have them yanked off by the first breath they take; others fight all their lives against them.

China Miéville

freedomstruggle

One should never be afraid to bend the rules, so long as one never breaks them.

China Miéville

rulesethics

There's a kind of power in the kind of people I write about.

China Miéville

powerinfluence