“China might have given up on trying to stop the endless civil war, but some of its companies were still here, picking… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“A final stand, then. One last battle. At least he could say that he had fought. When he met his brothers and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“You can’t know its mind, and you can’t control it. This creature is nothing but war incarnate. If you traffic with it,… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Hell, we’re all bullet bait sooner or later. Doubt it makes much difference. You make it to sixteen, you’re a goddamn legend.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“I never turned children to war," Tool said. "Only because you fought on the side of wealth,” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that,… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Maggot twitch, some people called it. If you’d seen much of the war, you had it. Some more. Some less. But everybody… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if they could… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Doctor Mahfouz was always yammering on about how everyone had humanity in them. From Mahlia’s experience, the doctor was sliding high, but now, as… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Believing is for Santa Claus, right? It's for Tooth Fairies. It's for your boyfriend when he says he's never met anyone like you and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Maybe it will die on its own, a hopeful voice whispered, but the general suppressed the thought. Wishes were for victims.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time looking at… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
