“ I glared at the man. You know, Dr. Russell, most doctors would have found a more tactful way to break the news.I'm sorry, Mr. Perry, Dr. Russell said. I don't want to seem unconcerned. But it's really… John Scalzi
“ I don’t think it matters what age you are when you figure it out, Brous said. I think the important thing is to figure it out before someone else tells you what you want to be, and they get it wrong. John Scalzi
“ Hide’ isn’t a word we like to use, Cassaway said. ‘Perform alternative tasks’ is the preferred term. John Scalzi
“ Harvey knew what he was and what he was best at: He was a noisy son of a bitch and he was good at making things fall down and go boom. John Scalzi
“ Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives. John Scalzi
“ Ensign Davis thought, Screw this, I want to live, and swerved to avoid the land worms. But then he tripped and one of the land worms ate his face and he died anyway. John Scalzi
“ Confidence isn’t about knowing you’re right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right. John Scalzi
“ Attempting to use a biological agent against your enemy while avoiding its effects on you is like trying to use a grenade by holding onto it and hoping all the shrapnel flies in the direction of the p… John Scalzi
“ Something funny, Lord Marce? asked a young woman, standing in front of a desk. She was wearing imperial green. This was clearly the emperox, and equally clearly he’d just blown his entrance. He bowed.… John Scalzi
“ Which is why Mom, when she’s being indiscreet, refers to the trophy room as the vet’s office. Because that’s where Dad brings people to take their balls. John Scalzi
“ There has never been a military in the entire history of the human race that has gone to war equipped with more than the least that it needs to fight its enemy. War is expensive. It costs money and it… John Scalzi
“ The man reached into his coat and pulled out a wallet containing an ID card. Agent Dwight, FBI. Miss Baker, I need you to come with me. You're in danger here.In danger? Robin said. In danger from what… John Scalzi
“ My characters were...rebelling against something...My own bad writing. I wouldn't do for my characters what they needed for me to do - be courageous enough in my writing to make them interesting. John Scalzi
“ I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate. John Scalzi
“ Hickory clicked something to Dickory in their native tongue; Dickory clicked back. Hickory responded, and Dickory replied, it seemed a bit forcefully. And then, God help me, Hickory actually sighed. John Scalzi
“ He reached over, took the second cookie, and offered it to Robbins. Here, he said. I saw you coveting it. Robbins stared at the cookie, then looked around. I can’t take that, he said. Sure you can, Sz… John Scalzi
“ First off, to everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you’ve already created the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No. John Scalzi
“ Every creature has a survival instinct. It looks like fear but it’s not the same thing. Fear isn’t the desire to avoid death or pain. Fear is rooted in the knowledge that what you recognize as yoursel… John Scalzi
