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“The hardest part about working with aliens and saving humanity from extinction is constantly having to come up with names for stuff.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“I think about all the things we could have done, all the miracles we could have achieved, if we were all just a little bit better than it turns out we are.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“I’m not into job titles. Name’s Amos Burton. If we’re good, I’m just some asshole. If you’re here to start some shit, I’m the guy you’ll have to go through first. Tell ’em I said that.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“How do you keep this all sorted?” “My ass is legion,” said Eunice.”
― William Gibson, Agency

“It wasn’t dead, it was just catastrophically damaged. (I know, who isn’t?)”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

“She missed Mensah mouthing the words stop it at me. (I guess the feed isn’t adequate for all forms of communication, particularly those that involve a lot of glaring.)”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“I could use it, and the humans on the Station wouldn’t have to think about what I was, a construct made of cloned human tissue, augments, anxiety, depression, and unfocused rage, a killing machine for whichever humans rented me, until I made a mistake and got my brain destroyed by my governor module.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“She wasn’t wrong. Mensah’s really smart, she can sort-of bribe me and tell Indah to fuck off simultaneously.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“A murder in a very non-murdery station like Preservation was definitely anomalous.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“(Yeah, good luck with that. Trying to get humans not to touch dangerous things was a full-time job.)”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“(I have energy weapons in my arms and it’s not like I can leave them behind in the hotel room.) (I mean, my arms are detachable so theoretically I could leave them behind if I had a little help but as a longterm solution it was really inconvenient.)”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“That plan was easier plus 100 percent less murdery. And I liked it better. Huh. I liked it better because it wasn’t a CombatUnit plan, or actually a plan that humans would come up with for CombatUnits.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

“Kelsier snorted. “If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire

“You did not ask for this, I understand. But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

“To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

“You have a plan?” she asked. “There isn’t much time for a plan. This is more of a hunch with scaffolding.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

“Greet every morning with a smile. That way it won’t know what you’re planning to do to it?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“Only expectation has value as currency, Waxillium,” Uncle Edwarn said. “This coin is worth more than the others because people think it is. They expect it to be. The most important things in the world are worth only what people will pay for them. If you can raise someone’s expectation . . . if you can make them need something . . . that is the source of wealth. Owning things of value is secondary to creating things of value where none once existed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“Why wouldn’t he have a costume like this? He had beggar costumes, constable costumes, and old lady costumes. A fellow needed to be able to blend with his surroundings. In the Roughs, that meant having some pale brown cowhand’s costume. In the city, that meant having a fancy twit costume.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“What’s the worst that could come of it?” “We get caught,” she said, still walking with him around the speed bubble. “We get thrown in prison, prosecuted for conspiracy, embarrass Waxillium.” “Now that,” Wayne said, striding back to where he’d been standing when he’d sped up time, “is the best damn argument for trying this that anyone could make.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“Metal. In some ways, that was the true mark of mankind. Man tamed the stones, the bones of the earth below. Man tamed the fire, that ephemeral, consuming soul of life. And combining the two, he drew forth the marrow of the rocks themselves, then made molten tools.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“The law is not something holy, son. It’s just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“How can you do this?” Wax asked. “You’re going to watch it all burn?” “Ashes are excellent fertilizer,” Edwarn said.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self

“City folk, particularly politicians, were intimidated by small arms. They preferred to kill people with more modern weapons, like poverty and despair.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Lost Metal

“Here he had to depend on others to do the right thing. And so far there had been no greater test of his faith in humanity—serial killers included—than working with politicians.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Lost Metal

“They still hadn’t seen their actual server, which made sense. This was a seriously fancy place; you could tell by their contempt for their customers.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Lost Metal

“practice by now.” Wayne grinned. “Oh, is that how it works? ’Cuz in my experience, marryin’ is the one thing people seem to get worse at the more they do it. Well, that and bein’ alive.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Bands of Mourning

“Because people were people, and if there was one thing you could count on, it was that some of them would be weird. Or rather that all of them would be weird when circumstances happened to align with their own individual brand of insanity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Bands of Mourning

“How did they decide what was valuable? Did they all just gather together, sit around in their suits and gowns, and say, “Oi. Let’s start eatin’ fish eggs, and make the stuff real expensive. That’ll rust their brains, it will.” Then they’d have a nice round of rich folks’ laughter and throw some servants off the top of a building to see what kind of splats they’d make when they hit.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Bands of Mourning

“Leave them to their discussing and their arguing and their creepy immortal bunnies. He had things that needed to be done. Well, one thing at least. Wayne had a quest.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Bands of Mourning