John Scalzi - Human Quotes

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I have no idea what that means, Nick, Paulson said. Talk normal human to me.

John Scalzi

Those people you saw—the realborn—are born without a plan. They're born because biology tells humans to make more humans; but it doesn't consider what to do with them after that. 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. Sad. And inefficient.

John Scalzi

Jared, allow me to share with you my philosophy of human beings. It can be summed up in four words: I like good people.

John Scalzi

Human technology was good, and weapon to weapon humans were as well-equipped as the vast majority of their adversaries. But the weapon that ultimately matters is the one behind the trigger.

John Scalzi

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

John Scalzi