Vaughn Heppner > Quotes

“Would they be like the grotesque creatures from the movie Alien, or maybe like zergs from Starcraft?”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Finally, he said, “His words are incredibly demeaning. I desire to rip him apart and put his head on a spike.” “Yeah, and I’m the savage,” I said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Yes,” Lisa said. She meekly approached the big”
― Vaughn Heppner, Battle Pod

“People should go armed so the government fears them more than the people fear the government.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Star Fortress

“War! What is it good for? Well, it’s good for businessmen making munitions. It’s good for dirty politicians who need people to think about something else. It also helps getting rid of bastards and evil empires. Sometimes it can even save your space-time continuum.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“The evilest people often regarded themselves and their actions as good.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Command

“Venturi’s eyes glowed. “I have told you once already, I do not kid or joke.” “Okay, okay, a commando raid with ten million legionaries. I doubt you’ve ever made a regular attack with so many soldiers.” “You are correct. We have not.” “But you want to call it a commando raid, huh?”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“canopy.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“the ancient Sun Tzu had said in The Art of War, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Target Earth

“you’re”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Artifact

“trunk. The thing took several more”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Destroyer

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Nebula

“Maddox knew the importance of appearing confident. Never let them see you sweat.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“teeth.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Alien Shores

“You’re not stupid. He doesn’t care about any of that. He has the biggest ship. He does what he wants. Until you have a bigger ship…” Gloria held out her hands palm upward. “He will lose New London,” Chang said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The A.I. Gene

“The state did not come first. A man came first. He lived in the state with others, and they agreed to work together. That’s what freedom meant. Once the state forced him to do a thing, it became tyranny.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Alien Honor

“We go armed so we can be free,” Marten said. “We have guns in case thugs in red-armor try to march us to the slime pits. We refuse to live beneath others who would attempt to tell us exactly what we can and cannot do.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Star Fortress

“One of the representatives wore a long robe and a scarlet headscarf, a sheik-superior from the Wahhabi Caliphate, a Muslim star empire. The second envoy, with a great handlebar mustache, represented the Windsor League, a combination of British, Canadian, Australian and Indian colony worlds. The last was a Spacer, a small woman with dark features and short hair. She symbolized the confederation of traders and industrialists with no fixed abodes other than their starships.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“the only thing men learn from history is that no one learns from history?”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Task Force

“scent of her perfume.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“There were times when it was wiser to let a person argue a point with herself.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“was right. “Good work, Ensign,” Valerie said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“If the enemy were gods, he had to become a godslayer. This”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Starship

“She was Indian—dot not feather—”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Planet

“Checking a gauge, Maddox saw that he was supersonic. Now, he kept a close eye on his height meter. “Get ready to deploy your main parachute,” Galyan said shortly.”
― Vaughn Heppner, The Lost Patrol