John Scalzi Quotes

He’s almost certainly planned for the contingency of being caught. He’s rich and he’s got more lawyers than some countries have people.

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

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

“Every creature has fear,” Jared said. “Even the non-conscious ones.”
“No,” Boutin said. “Every creature has a survival instinct. It looks like fear but it’s not the same thing. Fear isn’t the desire to avoid death or pain. Fear is rooted in the knowledge that what you recognize as yourself can cease to exist. Fear is existential.

It's Charlie's soul," he repeated. "Or more accurately, it's a holographic representation of the dynamic electrical system that embodies the consciousness of Charles Boutin.

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

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

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

I don't appreciate the suggestion that I'm acting irrationally," he said.
"Then don't act irrationally," Jane said, "because there will be consequences.

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

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

I guess I was just hoping there might be a way to do things other than the way that ends up with everyone getting killed.

The failure mode of clever is “asshole.”

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

“I don’t know,” Davidson said. “Maybe it’s not about politics. Maybe these guys are just assholes.”
“Seems the simplest explanation,” I said.