Are we there yet? I asked Joshua. No, Joshua said. Are we there yet? I said. No. Are we there yet? No. Are we there yet? Yes, Joshua said. Stop the car.
Well, I’m sorry you might possibly be out a bit of money, Jack, Isabel said. Jesus, Isabel, Holloway said. He opened the door. A bit of money? Try at least a couple billion credits. That’s billion, wi...
This is the last time I would ever visit the cemetery or my wife's grave, but I didn't want to expend too much effort in trying to remember it. As I said, this is the place where she's never been anyt...
The supply transport’s on autopilot most of the way down anyway. I’m just on board so that if it crashes, they can say someone died.
The Scooby gang doesn’t travel because they are looking for crimes to solve. They travel because they’re one step ahead of the deprogrammers. Somehow, Fred’s got them all snookered. It probably has so...
Some planets evolved genetic structures roughly similar to Earth’s, incorporating some if not all the nucleotides involved in terrestrial genetics (perhaps not coincidentally, the intelligent species...
She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be.
Okay, that's interesting, Duvall said. So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism?The leftward schism, and no, not a priest.Couldn't handle the celibacy?Leftward priests aren't required...
Occam’s razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone’s ass was usually the correct one.
Look, he said. We’d like you to return the salary. Oh, is that all? I said. Heck. That’s easy. The answer is no. What? No. No? What part of that two-letter word don’t you understand, Brad? I asked. Wa...
Just accept you’re drinking from the fire hose and open wide.
I’m a seething cauldron of disconnected rage on the inside, Lieutenant. Ah, repression, Keyes said. Excellent. Try to avoid taking a potshot at me when you finally blow, please. I can’t promise anythi...
It’s hard to sell the official story to people who can see things for themselves.
If you’re the best that the Earth has got to offer, it’s time we bend over and get a tentacle right up the ass.
I was just talking about you, Cardenia said, coming up to him. To your imaginary friends, I see. They’re not imaginary. They’re just not real. Very subtle distinction.
I seem to be good at speaking the politicians’ language, Szilard said. Apparently there’s an advantage around here to being mildly socially retarded, and that’s the Special Forces for sure.
I don’t know Mr. Wilson to any degree—I am one of those who knew him best for creating the source material for Life Force, which was a terrible movie—but my wish for him was that he lived the sort of...
I despise you and I love you, you who are my damnation and salvation both.
How do you like your peace now, motherfucker?
He was determined to be the most touristy tourist who had ever touristed,