Curtis C. Chen Quotes

There’s nothing like pulling rank in the middle of a crisis to make people dislike you.

Which, again, is very unlikely and would seem pretty ridiculous to any normal person, but as events keep reminding me: I don’t deal with normal people.

I’ve already spotted a few more familiar faces. Apparently this crisis is the social event of the season.

I don’t know how long I can keep lying to someone I want to love.

This is not some random misfortune we’re fighting. This is evil. And evil is predictable.

She squints at me. “Since when do you care about regulations?”
“Since they started helping me win arguments like this.”

Paul’s sense of humor is more like a humor singularity, from which nothing funny can escape.

Did I say this was a bad idea? I was wrong. This is probably the worst idea ever.
On the bright side, I guess that makes it a new personal record.

Paul shakes his head. “Please tell me how much longer you would like to complain about this before I can leave and get back to work.”

Are we done here?" I ask. "I can come back later if you want to yell at me some more.

Hong doesn’t say anything. I can’t decide whether he’s being politely discreet or annoyingly neutral.

Rumblings on Mount Olympus don’t affect the price of feta cheese in the agora.

Finding the stupidest possible thing to say, that’s my other superpower.

I step into one of the most amazing views I’ve ever seen.
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve witnessed lots of incredible things. My uncomfortably long and monotonous outer space travels do get me into visual range of some of the most vivid astronomical wonders in the Solar System: Saturn’s rings, the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, any number of comets shedding their icy mass in huge glowing tails. But nothing compares to seeing Planet Earth from space.

How does this organization even function?" I say. "Lasher isn't talking to you, we lost pretty much all of Intel last year, and State's keeping secrets from everyone—"
"This is a spy agency," Morris says. "We're basically state-sponsored professional liars."
I frown. "It sounds pretty unsavory when you put it like that."
"It's the truth. We do secret things every day of the week and twice on Sundays, and we can't talk about most of those things. You either learn to live with it, or you find a new job.