Dennis E. Taylor Quotes

Gina, rolled her eyes. “Marcus, you’re a loner. You always have been, the way you describe it. And you’ve never sought power. But some people need power, and they need to have power over someone. Preferably lots of someones. Taking away the Council’s subjects — which is what you’d be doing — is a declaration of war.

What it lacks in elegance, it makes up for with wads of unearned optimism. Let’s do it.

FAITH is all about nice, easily packaged black-and-white answers. Even if they’re factually wrong.

Thank the universe for convergent physiology, at least he couldn’t yell out a warning.

Just when you start to get ahead in the rat race, the universe delivers bigger rats.

Wait, Project Heaven? Project Heaven? I’m afraid to ask.” “Habitable Earths Abiogenic Vessel Exploration Network. Please remember that I don’t think these things up.

necessary consequence of some of them is that a complex quantum information structure cannot be deleted — and also cannot just evaporate. Laws of thermodynamics do not necessarily apply in quantum-mechanical

I couldn’t remember any science-fiction stories that actually dealt with how you’d handle timekeeping on a new planet.

And anyway, far-left and far-right extremists can be hard to tell apart. Once you reach the point where you believe that you have the right to enforce your stance by lies, intimidation, and violence, it really doesn’t matter that much what label you apply.

It seemed sometimes that life was nothing more than the accumulation of emotional baggage — memories, regrets, and lost opportunities.

Don’t borrow trouble,

Don’t make the common mistake of thinking your opponents are stupid just because they don’t see things your way

I sat back, staring into space, so preoccupied that I stopped patting Spike. I was reminded of my primary duty by a furry head butting against my chin. “Sorry, your highness.” I smiled at the cat and resumed justifying my existence.

Clothes shopping. Even death apparently wasn’t an escape.

What deities give you aren’t rules of morality,” Theresa responded. “They’re just rules. Do this and you’ll be rewarded. Do that and you’ll be punished. That’s how we teach our pets not to relieve themselves in the house. One would hope that true morality involved more than learning not to poop on the rug by being rapped on the nose.” I