40 quotes
That’s the trouble with all these bloody lawyers. They build in the loopholes when they’re on the right gov-corp committees so they can exploit them later.
After Atlas (2016)
There may be only a thousand or so people here, but it’s easy enough to make the pressure of conformity irresistible. Hell, sometimes we only need one other person to make us fall into line.
Planetfall (2015)
I’ve grown out of seeking emotional self-destruction. But even now the doubts are slithering in, making me question whether the hellish foundation my life is built on genuinely equates to coping.
After Atlas (2016)
He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud.
Planetfall (2015)
I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.
Planetfall (2015)
As a scientist, I know this is madness. But I also know this is an act of faith.
Planetfall (2015)
I often expect the worst. This is one of the rare times when I’m hoping for it.
After Atlas (2016)
I hate dealing with these people.
No, I hate dealing with people, but the rich ones are the worst.
After Atlas (2016)
“Do you still shout at people when they talk about their faith?”
I shake my head. “I grew out of that. Now I mostly let them damn themselves with their own ignorance.”
After Atlas (2016)
I’m still not even sure I believe that now. Sounds like the sort of bullshit my psych supervisor would say.
After Atlas (2016)
I made a mistake when I was young and didn’t know how the world worked and I have paid for it. Many, many times over.
After Atlas (2016)
The car takes us along a long, winding drive, the kind reserved for the sort of place owned by people who want you to spend the last minutes of your journey appreciating just how rich they are.
After Atlas (2016)
No. I won’t think about that. I’m not the man the press wants me to be. I am not the victim here.
After Atlas (2016)
I’m not sure what the masses enjoy more: being swept into a fervor about the latest big story or the backlash against it. It all ends the same way: by the time whatever is being hyped actually happens, most people have used up all the fucks they could possibly give about it.
After Atlas (2016)
I’m not going to let that stupid, crazy woman convince everyone that doing this to me is God’s work! She’s just bored and if they knew—
Planetfall (2015)
These are intelligent, rational people and they just absorb all this shit without even thinking about it. Are they so desperate to hold on to something that they’ll ignore the facts? How long can they do that?
Planetfall (2015)
If there’s anything I’ve learned in the years in this job, it’s that whatever you need is in the data. You just have to know which paths through it to follow and how to eliminate the extraneous without losing patterns.
After Atlas (2016)
“Do you agree with her?”
His face crumples with concentration. “I don’t know. She says me arriving when I did is a sign. But I decided to come here because of the storm. Does that mean God killed everyone I knew to make me do that?”
Planetfall (2015)
Journos are twisted sods.
After Atlas (2016)
Her voice cracks and I fight the tug of memories trying to pull me back to that place where people thought he was the center of the universe. I feel a flash of hatred toward her for being so broken by the loss of him, for needing him so much when he was just a man who scooped up the human detritus from the edges of society and fooled them into thinking they were part of something special.
After Atlas (2016)