The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3)

by John Scalzi

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins—as do all worthy stories—with a goat.

On the other hand any public servant is likely to tell you that just a few annoying people in their community will take up the vast majority of their time.

When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.”

for the first time in my life I knew my life was more than what was directly in front of me. I learned to see the constellations, not just the stars.

When you make someone more than human, you make them less than human, too.

Empires of conquest don’t last, Administrator Perry. They hollow out from within, from the greed of rulers and the endless appetite for war.

“I seem to be good at speaking the politicians’ language,” Szilard said. “Apparently there’s an advantage around here to being mildly socially retarded, and that’s the Special Forces for sure.”