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> [“You must live a very free life." "Me?" she laughed. "I am not who swoops out of the sky to rain fire on pirates!" "Yeah, but before this I never did much. I mean I did a lot, but...I lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/you-must-live-a-very-free-life-me-she-laughed-i-am-not-who-swoops-out/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

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> [“Trains are beautiful. They take people to places they've never been, faster than they could ever go themselves. Everyone who works on trains knows they have personalities, they're like people. They have their own mysteries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/trains-are-beautiful-they-take-people-to-places-they-ve-never-been/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

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## Other authors on Engineer

## More by Sam Starbuck

> [“Miss Fields," said a servant, stepping into the room and closing the door, "There is a visitor for you. Are you in?" Clare blinked.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/miss-fields-said-a-servant-stepping-into-the-room-and-closing-the/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“You say great artists sell their souls for their art?" "Maybe," she ventured. "That's true, I suppose. If you're doing it right, anyway. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/you-say-great-artists-sell-their-souls-for-their-art-maybe-she/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“You must live a very free life." "Me?" she laughed. "I am not who swoops out of the sky to rain fire on pirates!"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/you-must-live-a-very-free-life-me-she-laughed-i-am-not-who-swoops-out/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“Trains are beautiful. They take people to places they've never been, faster than they could ever go themselves. Everyone who works on trains knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/trains-are-beautiful-they-take-people-to-places-they-ve-never-been/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“Life," Graveworthy said, when he saw Jack was awake and staring at him, "is a series of desperate gambles and boxing matches for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/life-graveworthy-said-when-he-saw-jack-was-awake-and-staring-at-him/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“I mean it. Aside from the old coastal cities, which in Australia are still very young themselves, what you have is a vast stretch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/i-mean-it-aside-from-the-old-coastal-cities-which-in-australia-are/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“He looked down at the desk, at his notebook resting there with the pen on top. He had never thought of engineering as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/he-looked-down-at-the-desk-at-his-notebook-resting-there-with-the-pen/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“Electricity," Purva said, rolling the strange new word around in her mouth, giving it at once an Australian and a French inflection. "Sir William…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/electricity-purva-said-rolling-the-strange-new-word-around-in-her/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“The backfire, my dear boy, of exiling the cleverest criminals of the nation to one place and requiring them to use their ingenuity is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/the-backfire-my-dear-boy-of-exiling-the-cleverest-criminals-of-the/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [ “We \[artists\] aren't people, not the way most people are. We're just...carriers. Little boats bringing goods from foreign lands.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/we-artists-aren-t-people-not-the-way-most-people-are-we-re-just/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“Do you always try to upset the world as much as possible?" Clare asked. He gave her a surprised look. "Of course. Otherwise how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/do-you-always-try-to-upset-the-world-as-much-as-possible-clare-asked/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“He was raised by wolves", she said, "wolves with pressing engineering diagrams to draw.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/he-was-raised-by-wolves-she-said-wolves-with-pressing-engineering/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

> [“Do Engineers have stories, Jack?" he asked. "What?" Jack said, without moving. "Stories. Myths. Things to keep the boredom out on a long shift."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-starbuck/do-engineers-have-stories-jack-he-asked-what-jack-said-without-moving/)

[Sam Starbuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-starbuck/)

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