He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas. — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“See, when something’s the right thing to do, you don’t do it for a reward.” — A. Lee Martinez Reward Copy Share Image
All coincidences are Odd. That's what makes them coincidences. — A. Lee Martinez Coincidence Copy Share Image
Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time. — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, Mr. Whiteleaf. I'm not going to let a monster eat me for minimum wage.” — A. Lee Martinez Humor Copy Share Image
“He hasn't earned your your mercy." Nessy replied, "Mercy isn't earned. It's given.” — A. Lee Martinez Compassion Copy Share Image
“Humans... You want a nice warm hug from a cold, indifferent universe.” — A. Lee Martinez Nature of man Copy Share Image
“Ned felt vaguely insulted. And unimportant. It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“The voice on the other end said, “Lord Mollusk, we’ve lost China.” “Define lost.” “It’s not there anymore, sir.” “Well, that’s no… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful… — A. Lee Martinez Advice Copy Share Image
It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“Vance shook his head. "Philly, I love you, buddy. I do. But you're not my type." "I'm not?" "What? Are you insulted?"… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“You’re unlikely to find death anywhere near a tomb. Everyone there is already dead. Death’s business is among the living.” — A. Lee Martinez Business Copy Share Image
“We all carry many selves, but in the end, these are just phantoms of possibility, nothing more than ghosts of broken destinies.” — A. Lee Martinez Phantoms Copy Share Image
“Destiny was a hope found in the hearts of desperate men. But sometimes, if they believed strongly enough, desperate men could do… — A. Lee Martinez Destiny Copy Share Image
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“Self-preservation was a basic directive, but there wasn’t a robot functioning that prioritized it at the top of the list. Like biologicals… — A. Lee Martinez Robotics Copy Share Image
“Destroy knowledge?" I said. "The only point of existence, if there is one at all, is in the accumulation of the collective… — A. Lee Martinez Collective intelligence Copy Share Image
“Judy went back to Paulie’s place, but either he wasn’t home or he wasn’t answering his door. After banging on the door… — A. Lee Martinez Funny Copy Share Image
“When you cross over into the weird stuff, there's no going back. Hector has a theory on it. Calls it the law… — A. Lee Martinez Funny Copy Share Image
“To all the usual folks: Mom, Sally, Nik, Russell, the DFWWW, my agent, my editor, Orbit Books, the people who buy the… — A. Lee Martinez Comic book Copy Share Image
“I want to explore what it means to be human, but not just the most extreme elements of humanity. The quiet moments.… — A. Lee Martinez Human Copy Share Image
“He’d discovered that most of the terrors that stalked the night weren’t really terrors at all. They were mostly like regular folks,… — A. Lee Martinez Humans Copy Share Image
“The Pluvian philosopher kings had suggested that there was no good or bad. There were only order and chaos, and by the… — A. Lee Martinez Chaos Copy Share Image
“Crime was a dirty public secret in Empire. No one talked about it, and if you listened to the Learned Council, you'd… — A. Lee Martinez Crime Copy Share Image
“So how about you?" she asked. "Why did you and your" - she broke out the air quotes again - "'life partner'… — A. Lee Martinez Big city Copy Share Image
“Your mistake, indeed the mistake of your inherently finite senses, is to view the universe as an extension of yourself. You expect… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“The revelation that there was nothing "special" about humanity didn't shock her. Not specifically. She'd always been cynical about that sort of… — A. Lee Martinez Cynical Copy Share Image
“She stopped shrieking after a moment. It wasn't the crazy looks she drew from the other pedestrians that made her stop. And… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times. But… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
“Vance took the news of their "big-city fellows" status better than Philip. Probably because it turned out that he was actually gay.… — A. Lee Martinez Homosexuality Copy Share Image
