Vaughn Heppner > Quotes

“but closer to the ancient Rull Empire end.” The captain drummed his fingers on the table.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Planet

“Why breed for weakness? Kane did not understand the utility of a hairless Chihuahua.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Destroyer

“Builder base,” the captain said. “Even with our best equipment, we haven’t been able to figure out what’s inside the oblong object. I wonder if you could do better.” “This is the problem you were referring to?” Galyan asked. “The first of many,” Maddox”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Destroyer

“tired”
― Vaughn Heppner, Mind Assassin

“He had a theory about that. He now believed that a person made small choices in their youth. Those choices set a person onto various paths. One path didn’t seem very different from the other in those early years. But later, as one walked down the chosen path, it took him far, far away from what he had envisioned as good or proper.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Star Fortress

“one-G acceleration. He liked it, as floating weightless in the ship for nearly three standard”
― Vaughn Heppner, Alien Wars

“I still adhered to the old ways of a man was a man and a woman was a woman. You could call something a thing it wasn’t—like a man dressing up like a woman and calling himself one—but that didn’t make it so. And if someone badgered you about it and made a fuss ’cause you didn’t agree with them—well, that just made them a damn fool.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Institute

“henchmen nodded. “You’re”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“One or two Kargs shook their rifles. Another actually twisted his weapon around and peered down the barrel. I couldn’t believe it. The Kargs had idiots on their side, too.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Captain,” Cook said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Patrol

“We are fast approaching the Ezwal Star System,”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Planet

“I’m keeping an open mind on the subject,” Maddox said. “That allows me to see what is there instead of what I think I should see.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Destroyer

“In the earliest days of proto-humanity, survival of the fittest ensured that the hardy and clever humans passed on their genetic material to the ensuing generations. The slow and the dull-witted died out, weeding their genes from the collective pool of possibilities. Your modern society has reversed the process. The hardy and clever have few children as they use their time and energy to amass wealth and position. The slothful and ignorant have mass broods, filling your planets with sub-standard stock. It is killing the human race. This will all change under the Throne World’s guidance.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Command

“The Lost Starship”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“One of the keys to military life was never letting anyone know what bothered you. If you did, your mates would hound you mercilessly about that thing.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Patrol

“Why would I do anything so foolish?” Claath asked. “I don’t know,” I said, aiming the laser at his forehead. “Maybe to keep on living would be sufficient reason.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Let me explain a simple concept,” Per Lomax said. “Perhaps you can understand then. In the earliest days of proto-humanity, survival of the fittest ensured that the hardy and clever humans passed on their genetic material to the ensuing generations. The slow and the dull-witted died out, weeding their genes from the collective pool of possibilities. Your modern society has reversed the process. The hardy and clever have few children as they use their time and energy to amass wealth and position. The slothful and ignorant have mass broods, filling your planets with sub-standard stock. It is killing the human race. This will all change under the Throne World’s guidance.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Command

“In the earliest days of proto-humanity, survival of the fittest ensured that the hardy and clever humans passed on their genetic material to the ensuing generations. The slow and the dull-witted died out, weeding their genes from the collective pool of possibilities. Your modern society has reversed the process. The hardy and clever have few children as they use their time and energy to amass wealth and position. The slothful and ignorant have mass broods, filling your planets with sub-standard stock.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Command

“enemy”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“I’ve bemused you with these tales of the devil and his ancient offer of knowledge, that he uses what seems so good in order to bring about such evil.”  Noah brooded.”
― Vaughn Heppner, People of the Tower

“college,”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Star Gate

“What did the Persians say to that?” Rollo asked. “Something like, ‘Our arrows will fly so thickly that they will block the sun.’ The Spartans answered a second time, saying, ‘Good. We’ll fight in the shade then.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“us. You’re in the same craft. The New Men are hunting for us, meaning they’re also hunting for you. What will you do as they close in? You must come to your senses before they trap us, and you, for good.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“Human casualties do not matter,” N7 said. “You were brought here to fight. You must continue the attack.” I laughed at him. Human casualties certainly mattered to the humans. I told him, “I doubt your troops are going to do much advancing at the moment.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“molon labe?” “The Persians”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“My latest report shows you didn’t build a P-Field,” Jon countered. “That could be a mistake.”
― Vaughn Heppner, A.I. Assault

“I have come a long way, baby,” the Methuselah Man told himself. He laughed again, feeling as if he should be smoking a cigarette as he said that.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Planet

“The Ska huffed and puffed but could not quite blow down Maddox’s last shred of courage.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Earth

“Explosion upon explosion tore the mass into goop, exoskeleton and flying computer pieces.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Intelligence

“www.vaughnheppner.com.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Alien Honor