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“They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes”
― George Lucas, Star Wars: A New Hope

“absolutely everything was available to him, but that only meant that it was more or less impossible to find whatever it was you were looking for, which is the purpose of computers.”
― Anonymous

“Of course the study was commissioned by a self-assembled panel of council members who, if their physiques were any indication, could easily be counted among the most sedentary of the entire crew. No serious objections were raised, though, since those with physically demanding occupations usually didn’t have the energy to exercise regularly anyway, and many of those with less active careers lacked the volition, positioning both parties squarely in the unfamiliar territory of consensus.”
― Christian Cantrell, Equinox

“Usually what everyone knows is insulting and sort of ableist, because the people who know everything always seem to think of themselves as being perfectly normal.”
― Mira Grant, Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus

“(his cat he calls her, but she owns him not)”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Back off guys,” I said. “Nothing happened. I had way too much to drink and Hopsheer let me crash on her floor last night. That’s all that happened.” “Really?” Tarr asked as he pointed at my neck. “Her rug give you those hickeys?” I”
― Jake Bible, Salvage Merc One

“Yes, Prime Minister,” said MacArthur, “it’s a warship. Sticking out of a mountain, thousands of feet above sea level.” Curtin”
― John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice

“Do you have a particularly small penis, sir? Is that why you feel the need to compensate for your inadequacies with this behavior? If so, let me assure you, it didn’t work. You still have a very small penis, and now you look like an idiot, too.” De”
― John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice

“These people had been at war for nearly two decades. It was only natural that they would be completely inured to its savageries by now,”
― John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice

“spoke of a gigantic whirlpool that had sucked two American carriers down to the very bottom of the Coral Sea. By the time that rumor had reached Takasuka’s ears, it had twisted itself into a perverse story that as you dropped down the funnel you could see old Viking raiders and the bones of Roman galleys on the gray floor of the seabed. He never failed to be amazed at the bullshit sailors were able to dream up. As”
― John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice

“As we are preparing to land the captain asks that you return your tray tables to the upright position, unfasten your seat belts, and jump out of the helicopter. We’d like to thank you for flying with the U.S. Navy, and hope you will choose to travel with us again in the future.” “The far fucking future,” added Harford. “Amen,” said Ivanov. As”
― John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice

“a seat belt, smoke in public spaces, or “cross a public roadway while immersed in a virtual reality.” Not that much of that sort of thing went on just yet, anyway. Black”
― John Birmingham, Designated Targets

“It also meant, however, that they couldn’t drive without a seat belt, smoke in public spaces, or “cross a public roadway while immersed in a virtual reality.” Not that much of that sort of thing went on just yet, anyway. Black”
― John Birmingham, Designated Targets

“But later, standing in triage, surrounded by a pile of bloody rags that had been cut from the body of an eight-year-old boy who was now in surgery, having a gangrenous leg amputated, she felt the black heat rising inside her head again. It made her wish she’d gone with Cooper. What the hell is wrong with people that they’d do these things—to little kids? It”
― John Birmingham, Designated Targets

“primitive planes that probably wouldn’t even get a safety clearance in her day. If this were a movie or a cheap, particularly stupid novel, it was the point at which she would call up Jan Zumbach and order him to get his crazy-arse Poles back to base. But”
― John Birmingham, Designated Targets

“Plus, it’s an optimistic sort of music. People want that at the moment. Who needs death metal when you’ve got the Nazis?” They”
― John Birmingham, Final Impact

“Like millions of Americans, the others had been helplessly glued to their seats as the world they knew not-so-slowly crumbled all around them.”
― Craig A. Falconer, Not Alone: The Contact Trilogy: Complete Box Set #1-3

“but she argued that lessons could be learned from the hysteria of the time. “Comet pills, comet insurance and a million other scams are likely to pop up in a bid to separate you from your financial resources,”
― Craig A. Falconer, Not Alone: The Contact Trilogy: Complete Box Set #1-3

“Seeing life through your rectum was no way to live, he thought. What would John Wayne have said about that?!”
― Benjamin Laskin, Murphy’s Luck 2

“After his initial shock wore off that there was such a thing as water tower enthusiasts,”
― Craig A. Falconer, Hidden Wonder