“Ms. Grant displays strong anti-establishment sentiments and has an awkward habit of questioning authority figures at all the wrong moments. This, combined with the intelligence she tries to so hard to conceal, makes her something of a liability.” — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“And with no hope to hold it in check, grief finally steps out to take its place on the stage.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“They fan out across the room, swift and surgical, the steps of this brutal ballet known by heart.” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
