“This tiny moment. In between the time you decide to pull a trigger and the time death arrives. There's just you and it and everything you're about to take away. It's too big. It goes forever.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“THE FIGHTERS ARE TINY. INSECTS, REALLY. BUT ANTS CAN SLAY AN ELEPHANT, IF THERE ARE ENOUGH OF THEM. ESPECIALLY ANTS ARMED WITH HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“There's no we here. You understand me? There's never going to be a we. There's just you and I.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“AIDAN: The concept of fortune is nonsensical, but Kady is insisting I wish you both good luck anyway. AIDAN: So good luck, Hanna Donnelly.… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“Or else I'm dead, and I've ended up in hell after all, and it's an escape pod with Lilac LaRoux.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“For a moment the image before us is frozen: our world, our lives, reduced to a handful broken stars half lost in uncharted space.… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“Because if someone had tried to save my father, I would’ve kept them hidden until the soldiers came to drag me from this house.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“They engrave those callsigns on your coffin when you get X-ed out. Last thing you wanna picture when you imagine your send-off is a… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“And with no hope to hold it in check, grief finally steps out to take its place on the stage.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“We’re in luck. This place looks like it’s terraformed. There must be sensors for checking the air quality outside.” “There are,” she agrees. “But the… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall?” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“Where will I sit?” Sit? Why, on this comfortable chaise longue I’ve carried here for you in my pocket, Your Highness, so glad you… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“They fan out across the room, swift and surgical, the steps of this brutal ballet known by heart.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
“She may be trained, but I'm fighting for my family, my home, my freedom. She's fighting for a goddamn paycheck.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share
