John Scalzi Short Quotes

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Rationality is not one of humanity's strong points.

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Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?

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Some people are just no good at not being in charge.

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You are sufficiently like me to officially be interesting.

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When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.

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We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole.

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When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.

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Eight-year-olds can switch into acquisition mode pretty quickly.

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That's physicists for you. Not exactly brimming over with poetry.

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This is Major Perry's house?
I hope so, I said. All his stuff is here.

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You don't win by getting through all your life not having done anything.

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You are better at small talk than I am. That is not always a compliment.

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In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

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

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Harry! Boutin said. Nice guy. Didn't know he was that smart. He hid it well.

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If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

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I didn't say that, Szilard said, in a tone that implied that perhaps he had.

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Look, I said. Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here.

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What's the point of being in charge if you can't indulge in pointless favoritism.

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I'm not insane, sir, I said. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

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The story of how I left Huckleberry begins — as do all worthy stories — with a goat

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I was pretty certain my dad was not up to no good, running for senator notwithstanding.

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

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Do you believe that? I asked.
It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, Redhouse said.

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I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

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Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.

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Sometimes I don't know if my life is complicated, or if it's that I just think too much about things.

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If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

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I'm not sure I like their plan for converting us to their religion, seeing as it involves dying and all.

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When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

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