Full Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #3)

by Nathan Lowell

Cookie always said, “We run a restaurant, gentlemen, and even though the crew can’t go anywhere else, they still deserve our best efforts.”

I watched her go. Some things are just worth taking the time to appreciate.

Giving out advice is pretty easy until you get slapped with the reality of it taken to a logical conclusion.”

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, which

When I had first come aboard, this practice of stating and restating the obvious confused me. Now I recognized it as a kind of mutual reality check for the group to make sure everyone had an idea of what the other person was thinking.

“You may be the most deviously disturbed individual I have ever met, Mr. Wang. It’s an honor to know you.”

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Logical rule from the dark ages.

“You obviously have mistaken me for somebody with a clue. Unfortunately, I don’t even know where to buy a clue, and if I had one, I’m sure it would be to a different puzzle.”

There would be plenty of opportunity for regret, and for once, I was willing to take a chance that I might regret buying the suit over the certainty that I would regret leaving it.

I also knew that not all dreams come true. Most evaporate in the light of waking, disappearing—never to be seen again. Of course, when you are really fortunate, others come to take their places.

“First star on the right, Ms. Arith. Straight on til morning.”