My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. I'm drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution. — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the state of… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Hope was evil. It seduced you, then it dropped you on your ass so hard and so fast that you were worse off than… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an honourable concept… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I fail to understand why gethes (Humans), talk about individuals versus society. They are the same thing. The action of every individual counts, and… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Any sign of what killed him, Scorch?" "Let's ask Sev. He's a dead-body-ologist." [Sev examines the body and its arm falls off] "Yep, he's… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for not reading… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Oh, you are a little ray of sunshine today, aren’t you? Now, look at your progesterone levels. Still higher than normal. Are you pregnant?… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Sergeant Skirata said that civvies didn't have a clue, and that it was alright for them to have lofty ideas about peace and freedom… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when you want… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“They said the world was divided into those folks who ran away from danger, and those who ran toward it.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
![“Any sign of what killed him, Scorch?" "Let's ask Sev. He's a dead-body-ologist." [Sev examines the body and its arm falls off] "Yep, he's dead alright.” "Sure you don't want a second opinion, Doc?" "Nah, I'm ready go out on a limb.” quote by Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/90b/karen-traviss-7852_dead-body_any-sign-of-what-killed-him-scorch-let-s_252156.jpg)
