Zitat des Monats: Peter F. Hammilton: The Dreaming Void

'I'm here for two reasons. One to look around. Okay, done that. Came a month too early, obviously. Two, I want all the frightful details of Thursday night. You and that rather attractive boy Keetch left very early together. And darling I do mean all the details.'
'Keetch is hardly a boy.'
'Pha! Younger than me by almost a century. So tell your best cousin. What happend?'
Arminata smiled bashfully. 'You know very well. We went back to his place.' She profferd a limp gesture at the dilapidated hallway. 'I could hardly bring him here.'
'Excellent. And?'
'And what?'
'What does he do? Is he single? What's he like in bed? How many times has he called? Is he yearning and desperate yet? Has he sent flowers or jewellery or is he all pathetic and gone the chocolates route? Which resort bedroom are you spending the weekend in?'
'Wow, just stop there. (...) So what happend to you after I left? Did you catch anyone?'
'At my age? I was safely tucked up in bed by midnicht.'
'Who with?'
'I forget their names. You know you must really go up a level and join an orgy. They can be fantastic ...'