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Quotes from The Martian — Andy Weir

born 1972 United States

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As you can see, this plan provides many opportunities for me to die in a fiery explosion.

The Martian (2014)

I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.

The Martian (2014)

Then I sat for a moment, dumbstruck that my plan had actually worked.

The Martian (2014)

As a chemist, Vogel knew how to make a bomb. In fact, much of his training was to avoid making them by mistake.

The Martian (2014)

You started my training by buying me a beer. For breakfast. Germans are awesome.

The Martian (2014)

This allowed me to do what writers treasure more than anything else: catch the reader off-guard. There’s nothing better than knowing you’re going to outwit with the reader. And the type of people who read sci-fi are very difficult to outwit.

The Martian (2014)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Andy Weir (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.