222 quotes
If pauses can be pregnant, this one’s on the run from a fertility clinic.
The Annihilation Score (2015)
Governments are machines for producing and implementing legal frameworks.
The Delirium Brief (2017)
Not only is the past another country, it’s one that doesn’t issue visas.
The Jennifer Morgue (2006)
Once is happenstance but twice is enemy action, and thrice is a fuck-up.
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
“Thank you for that reminder, Jimmy,” says Alan. “Any more compelling insights into why the laws of physics are not our friends?”
The Atrocity Archives (2004)
Unfortunately his IQ seems to be off the scale, in the wrong direction.
The Annihilation Score (2015)
In this line of work, too much paranoia can be worse than too little.
The Jennifer Morgue (2006)
I just don’t like it, for extremely large values of don’t and like.
Iron Sunrise (2004)
“You have an evil mind!”
“And this is a bad thing how, exactly?”
Halting State (2007)
We’re living through the end times, but not in any Biblical sense—the religions of the book have got their eschatology laughably wrong.
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
Little white lies shining like baby teeth in a shallow grave.
Rule 34 (2011)
I’m stranded in limbo, otherwise known as downtown Denver.
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
Perforce, the family that preys together stays together.
Rule 34 (2011)
Apocalypses are easier slept through than experienced.
The Labyrinth Index (2018)
The number one crime in any age: offending the money.
Saturn's Children (2008)
Anxiety loves company almost as much as misery.
The Labyrinth Index (2018)
You got overdraft at the mythology bank.
Singularity Sky (2003)
She’s very good at misdirection, he thinks proudly. The Civil Service has a term for this art: being economical with the truth.
The Nightmare Stacks (2016)
Sometimes people do good things for bad reasons, and sometimes people do bad things for good reasons. He isn’t sure which this is yet, but he’s hoping for the former.
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
“Hello, Martin. What can I do for you?”
“Got a problem.”
“A big one?”
“Female human-sized.”
Singularity Sky (2003)