But we get to live as long as we’re useful. And that is a rare privilege.
Now What?” Kerensky said. “We wait,” Dahl said. “For how long?” Kerensky said, ” As long as dramatically appropriate,” Dahl said.
Whether they are up to our standards or not, the fact remains: We need more crew.
I don’t have a problem with treason,” I said. “I can stop anytime.” I.
Hickory, have you ever lied to me?” I asked. “I do not believe you are aware of me or any Obin ever lying to you,” Hickory said.
Realborn go for years without the slightest clue what they’re going to do with themselves. From what I understand, some of them never actually figure it out. They just walk through life in a daze and then fall into their graves at the end of it.
That’s the point of rumors. They’re not based on anything, so nothing is very effective against them. Truth is no defense, and the people fielding these rumors know it.
Making people change because you can’t deal with who they are isn’t how it’s supposed to be done. What needs to be done is for people to pull their heads out of their asses.
They found no colonists, but they found parts of them. And a lot of blood.
She had the expression of the cat who ate the canary and then threw it up in her owner’s favorite shoes.
Yes. The one advantage we had, which is a thing I brought to the enterprise, was the understanding that the plan was not the goal. The goal was the goal, and we were going to get to it however we could. And if it meant changing our plans, sometimes in the middle of executing them, then we would.
Not that I expected him to know; he didn’t exactly have the “programmer” look to him, if you know what I mean. He’d be the programmer’s boss. The one they hated. The one who made them work on holidays.
The answer to that is complicated.” “Give me the short version.” “The short version is ‘Yes, but.’ The slightly longer version is ‘No, and.’ Which version would you like?
I do have a sense of adventure,” I said. “It’s overawed by my sense of self-preservation.
The base of the water tower gave every indication of being a solid argument for tetanus shots.
An alliance with terrible people.” “Really nice people don’t usually accrue power.
The short version is ‘Yes, but.’ The slightly longer version is ‘No, and.’ Which version would you like?
There were more than a few scientists who knew one little thing, and then thought that knowledge was universally applicable to every other problem, to the point of excluding or discounting information from people whose specialty was that other problem.
I saw the light go out in her eyes, but I kept telling her how much I loved her until they took her away from me at the hospital.” “Why did you do that?” Jane asked. “I needed to be sure that the last thing she heard was me telling her how much I loved her,” I said.
I tried being a vegan for a while, but I couldn’t live without cheese.” “They have vegan cheese.” “No, they don’t. They have shredded orange and white sadness that mocks cheese and everything it stands for.