Greg Egan

“Consciousness isn't a mysterious substance. It's a matter of complexity, a matter of organization.”

“It's not a question of wanting to be immortal, but of not wanting to die.”

“Most of what we call 'selection' is actually luck. And when it comes to human beings, it's a hell of a lot of luck.”

“If you can't describe what you're doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.”

“There’s nothing that makes you so aware of the bonds of common humanity as interfering with it.”

“The universe is not a morality play.”

“Freedom is not a state; it is a process.”

“Intelligence isn't a standpoint. It's a process.”

“What matters is what we do, not what we might have done.”

“The truth is, we're all just a collection of stories.”

“There's no such thing as a soul. We're just a chemical reaction.”

“A life has to be in the present. You can’t live in the past. You can’t live in the future.”

“Belief is a beautiful thing. But it's also a dangerous one.”