“If you agree to work for us, half the time you won't know the purpose of your duties . . . and when we do explain, we might not be telling the truth. But that's the real world, folks . . .” — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“I like people thinking I'm an asshole. Being an asshole is my life's vocation; I'm a goddamned asshole professional.” — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“Given time, a ship's crew will attach sexual innuendo to anything. It makes their jobs more exciting.” — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all. — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“My home is in Banff, Alberta, up in the Rockies. Waterloo is two time zones east, nine hundred kilometers farther south, and more than… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“The council is a place where everyone schemes against everyone else, and people talk incessantly about Power with a capital "Pow".” — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“You clutch your comfortable excuses, saying, Someday I'll be brave, it won't take a lot, just give me one more chance and this time… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy. — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“If you agree to work for us, half the time you won't know the purpose of your duties . . . and when we… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum. — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
