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Chapter 5 “Megaship” (p. 102).

“Don’t you have a religion?” Dorolow asked Horza.
“Yes,” he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. “My survival.”

— Iain Banks

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“Yes,” he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. “My survival.”" in the context of "Chapter 5 “Megaship” (p. 102)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Iain Banks

About Iain Banks

Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.