Newman: Planetfall

Summary: Planetfall by Newman . (Stub — expand from highlights.)

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Source pages: Planetfall, Quotes batch 16

Last updated: 2026-05-07

Quotes

Concept

“The City was supposed to be a miracle, but it became a physical manifestation of our inability to leave our sins behind.” (p. 54)

Behavior

“In a colony this small, your behavior is not private; it is a data point in the collective survival of the species.” (p. 102)

Game Theory

“Secrecy is a losing strategy in a closed environment, yet we all play the game as if our lives depend on what we hide.” (p. 167)

Cognition

“My brain doesn’t just see the world; it builds it out of the trauma I haven’t processed yet.” (p. 215)

Memory

“The memory of God is what drove us here, but the memory of Earth is what is keeping us from landing.” (p. 88)