The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)

by John Scalzi

You are always tasting your mouth. It’s where you keep your tongue. Your tongue doesn’t have an off switch. You are tasting your mouth right now, and now that I’ve brought it to your attention, you’re probably realizing that you should probably brush or chew some gum or something.

“The Colonial Union’s a fascistic shit show, boss.

We and the rest of our platoon on the Uppsala were policing a protest on Erie, in the city of Galway.

I think it was a Saturday.

“All you need is for every other thing to have gone so horribly wrong first.”