James Alan Gardner Quotes

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I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.

James Alan Gardner
You don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

James Alan Gardner
It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

James Alan Gardner
Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes... and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.

James Alan Gardner
I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number... Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.

James Alan Gardner
Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

James Alan Gardner
The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

James Alan Gardner
Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.

James Alan Gardner
That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

James Alan Gardner
Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

James Alan Gardner
Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

James Alan Gardner