James Alan Gardner quotes:
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Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.
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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.
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Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.
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Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.
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Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.
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Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum.
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Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.
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You don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.
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Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?
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Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.
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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 the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.
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I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.
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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.
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What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?
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It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.