76 quotes
It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
“Everybody knows that.”
“Assume for a moment that everybody is wrong.”
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
“What’s wrong with me?”
“Have you got a few hours for a basic list?”
The Omega Cage (1988)
“We aren’t looking for trouble.”
“Doesn’t mean you won’t find it.”
The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)
Death came for all, and it was never a matter of “if,” only “when.”
The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)
The mark of a civilized man was to know when to leave the party.
The Machiavelli Interface (1986)
In the land of the unarmed, the man with a rock was king.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
Who you are comes from who you were. You can’t escape your past; it follows you like a shadow.
The Omega Cage (1988)
A woman did what a woman had to, the best way she knew how. To do more was impossible, to do less, unthinkable.
Matadora (1986)
“You’re a genius, you know that?”
“I’ve always thought so, myself.”
The Omega Cage (1988)
Well. You were allowed to be young and stupid, when you were young and stupid, and if it didn’t do you in, you might get older and wiser.
The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)
Young soldiers had a lot of expectations and fantasies about how it would be and what they would do and feel. Invariably wrong, those expectations.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
It would be foolish to deny something that worked simply because one did not know how it worked. One did not need an advanced degree in physics to push a button.
The 97th Step (1989)
We of the Shroud tend to believe in teaching those things we know we can teach, and in affairs of the heart—or gonads—there are no real experts. Love, like zen, cannot be learned, only felt.
The Man Who Never Missed (1985)
When wheels turned, those on top sometimes found themselves buried in the mud after things rolled to a stop.
The Albino Knife (1991)
Desire, she realized, was a thick fog that could completely obscure reality.
The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)
The loudest sound on a battle field was click! when you were expecting bang! It was a never-ending wonder: What was going to go wrong next?
The Tejano Conflict (2014)
Okay, I need to go places and shoot people.
The Tejano Conflict (2014)
Just because somebody or something doesn’t look at the world the way you do doesn’t mean it’s stupid. It’s just different—
The Man Who Never Missed (1985)
He was a frustrated romantic, a thing often mistaken for skepticism.
Matadora (1986)