What about some kind of an ancient curse?''Ancient Curse Kills Two. He could see the headlines now. ''Don't be an asshole.''The reporter snatched the microphone to safety just in time and, smiling ple...
Trains aren't a problem.
The aunties were big believers in you made your bed, you crash and burn in it.
Please, Torin grinned. Tech’s a crutch. An unarmed Marine in underwear can deal with anything the universe can dish out. Vacuum? For that, we’d also need boots. So we can die with them on? Pretty much...
Old soldier’s trick, sir. Sleep when you can. You’re not sleeping, Staff. Staff sergeants never sleep, sir. Ever vigilant? You’ve been reading the brochure.
Little girls reacted to weakness like wolves – which was not particularly fair to wolves, who were, on the whole, noble creatures.
It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things.
Holy fuk. Lieutenant Jarret snorted. Private Checya, I think you’ve just expressed the official reaction.
Hey, what’ve you got? Same fukking thing as you, Juan grunted. Hot bag of balanced nutrients in a tasty fukking paste.
Does he honestly think he’s still in charge? Mashona wondered. He thinks Human’s First has an apostrophe.
Discretion doesn’t really apply to giant, flying, fire-breathing lizards who very nearly removed my fucking eyebrows,
Dexter thrust a pamphlet into Samuel's hand. Greenstreet Mission. We're doing a Christmas dinner. You can get a meal and hear the word of God.Samuel smiled in relief. This, finally, he understood. Whi...
Civilians had a tendency to fetishize military dead without ever considering how and why they died.
But I am a knight of the Round Table, he protested, weakly. I am a protector of the realm, a slayer of evil, I defeat all those who raise their swords in opposition to Arthur, King of all Britain. Tru...
Bards were terrible at keeping secrets. They insisted on putting them to music.
He doubted the Americans would lend out either Jeremy Renner or their giant robots to get into a freezer.
You might not be aware of this, but it takes more than bright lights to damage a Marine. We’ve been highly trained to deal with loud noises, too.
You make it sound so simple. Well, it’s war; it’s not rocket science. Then the memory of what had once been accomplished by three Marines with a surface-to-air missile launcher, a game chip, and the g...
You know, if you’d say, ‘Don’t go,’ then I could say something like, ‘A man has to do what a man has to do,’ and leave a hero. Or there’s always that retina on a stick option. I might have known she’d...
You guys only knew him for a week. No. Torin waited until Ryder had hold of both handles, then she stepped away. We knew him his whole life.