--- title: "Best Karen Traviss Sayings" description: "Karen Traviss is a science fiction author from Wiltshire, England. Browse 87 Karen Traviss quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-traviss-55141.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-traviss-55141.jpg) # Karen Traviss (1999) Writer United Kingdom **87** quotes in **460** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Karen Traviss is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Ally*. ## Quick Facts About Karen Traviss Born November 30, 1999 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Ally ## About Karen Traviss Karen Traviss is a science fiction author from Wiltshire, England. She is the author of the Wess'Har series, and has written tie-in material based on Star Wars, Gears of War, Halo, G.I. Joe and the newest Nomad Series working with Nick Cole and Jason Anspach. Her work crosses various forms of media including novels, short stories, comics, and video games. ## Quotes by Karen Traviss · Page 3 > [“Touch me again, chakaar, and I’ll ram this into your carotid artery.” “I haven’t got one.” “Then I’ll have to keep stabbing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this-into-your-carotid-artery-i/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/karen-traviss-7852_somewhere-else_touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this_2093789.jpg) > [“Do we get to do assassinations?” “If we do, they never happened. You imagined them.” “Whoops. My trigger finger just slipped, Sarge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/do-we-get-to-do-assassinations-if-we-do-they-never-happened-you/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Assassinations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assassinations/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/karen-traviss-7852_assassinations_do-we-get-to-do-assassinations-if-we-do_3134445.jpg) > [I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-novels-and-that-carries-over/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/karen-traviss-7852_approach_i-ve-got-a-particular-way-of-writing-nov_191021.jpg) > [Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/whether-i-build-a-character-from-the-ground-up-or-develop-one-whether/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/karen-traviss-7852_acting_whether-i-build-a-character-from-the-gro_2872319.jpg) > [If we were given one word of information in our entire history, how we'd treasure it! how we'd pore over ever syllable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/if-we-were-given-one-word-of-information-in-our-entire-history-how-we/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/karen-traviss-7852_action_if-we-were-given-one-word-of-information_2548638.jpg) > [“So you want a knife, a nice sharp knife. You hone that blade to its limits. It even cuts through stone when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/so-you-want-a-knife-a-nice-sharp-knife-you-hone-that-blade-to-its/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/karen-traviss-7852_knife_so-you-want-a-knife-a-nice-sharp-knife-y_345460.jpg) > [“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/we-have-complete-choice-as-individuals-the-only-decisions-we-can-take/) [Karen Traviss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/) [Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/karen-traviss-7852_choice_we-have-complete-choice-as-individuals-t_35296.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-traviss/#itemlist", "name": "Karen Traviss Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Touch me again, chakaar, and I’ll ram this into your carotid artery.” “I haven’t got one.” “Then I’ll have to keep stabbing you until I find somewhere else that bleeds copiously.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Traviss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-traviss/touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this-into-your-carotid-artery-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/karen-traviss-7852_somewhere-else_touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this_2093789.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/karen-traviss-7852_somewhere-else_touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this_2093789.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/karen-traviss-7852_somewhere-else_touch-me-again-chakaar-and-i-ll-ram-this_2093789.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Touch me again, chakaar, and I’ll ram this into your carotid artery.” “I haven’t got one.” “Then I’ll have…” — Karen Traviss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Do we get to do assassinations?” “If we do, they never happened. 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