Zoe Croman > Zoe's Quotes

“He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“Colonel, I'm giving you a direct order. Eat the fucking cookie.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“Occam’s razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone’s ass was usually the correct one.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“I don’t have a problem with treason,” I said. “I can stop anytime.” I”
― John Scalzi, The Last Colony

“There is nothing our children cannot achieve when they’re given the proper tools and nurturing, starting with a belief in their own brilliance despite social messages to the contrary.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“That’s the power of education. It expands one’s field of vision, and in so doing, it lifts entire families and communities.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“I despise you and I love you, you who are my damnation and salvation both.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“Two classics stuck with them. Ender’s Game delighted them all; here were soldiers who were just like them, except smaller. The main character was even bred to fight alien species like they were. The next day the members of the 8th greeted each other with the salutation ::Ho, Ender,:: until Brahe told them to knock it off and pay attention.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“To everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table,” Shirley Chisholm once said, “bring a folding chair.” Tyler did one better and built his own dining set, complete with all he needs to finance his storytelling.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“At least one tribe, the Geln, strongly opposed attacking the Colonial Union, since humans were reasonably strong, distressingly tenacious and not especially principled when they felt threatened.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“Imagine waking up and finding your first and last view of the world was a shotgun barrel. That’d be a hell of a life.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked.
"You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“They watched the Second Mate track the point of light to the horizon, and when the light went around the curve of the earth, the broadcast vanished. The crew kept staring at the Second Mate, and the Second Mate kept staring at the sky. Finally, he looked down at them. “They’re in space together,” he said. “They’re supposed to be our enemies, but they’re up there laughing and screwing around.” He lowered the directional and looked at Jun Do. “You were wrong,” he said. “You were wrong—they are doing it for peace and fucking brotherhood.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.”
― John Scalzi, The Last Colony

“When you know your history, you know your value. You know the price that has been paid for you to be here. You recognize what those who came before you built and sacrificed for you to inhabit the space in which you dwell.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

“Please know that news of your country’s complete collapse was met with sadness in our nation.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“Yes, he's an equal opportunity asshole," Szilard said. "And he's aware of it, which he thinks means it's okay.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“Harvey knew what he was and what he was best at: He was a noisy son of a bitch and he was good at making things fall down and go boom.”
― John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

“Do not mourn me, friends
I fall as a shooting star
Into the next life”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“But in America, people’s stories change all the time. In America, it is the man who matters. Perhaps they will believe your story and perhaps not, but you, Jun Do, they will believe you.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“But as life has taught me more than once, resentment corrodes the veins of the person who carries it.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“Our puppy love might’ve become a full-grown poodle if Mom hadn’t cut off its nourishment.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“To be seen in this life, truly observed without judgment, is what it feels like to be loved.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

“Acting, like every art form, is meant to transport its beholders, and the artist is frequently the first to make the journey.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am

“I couldn’t help but think of the innocent Black men and women who’d hung from the branches above me, their cries cut short by the pull of a noose, their feet swaying back and forth, the blood draining from their faces along with their unfulfilled dreams. When I remember the thousands who died, many whose stories were never recorded in history, I bow my head. And when my wailing is done, I get up and I carry on, not in my own name, but in theirs.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am