Technology implies belligerence.

— Peter Watts

Thanks to a vampire and a boatload of freaks and an invading alien horde, I’m Human again.

— Peter Watts

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.

— Peter Watts

The neurological condition of echopraxia is to autonomy as blindsight is to consciousness.

— Peter Watts

There's no such things as survival of the fittest. Survival of the most adequate, maybe. It doesn't matter whether a solution's optimal. All that matters is whether it beats the alternative.

— Peter Watts

The static’s nice. I could do without the screech

— Peter Watts

The vampires win every time.

— Peter Watts

The Zodiac had rearranged itself into a precise grid of bright points with luminous tails. It was as though the whole planet had been caught in some great closing net, the knots of its mesh aglow with St. Elmo's fire. It was beautiful. Furthermore, it was terrifying.

— Peter Watts

Transcendence is transformation.

— Peter Watts

What’s the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you’re alive?

— Peter Watts