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“Zimnyaya Koroleva, they said. The winter-queen. It frightened her.”
― The Winter of the Witch
― The Winter of the Witch
“Assuming you know the good guys from the bad guys will get you killed. You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“I simply refuse to acknowledge that there is not something about you I despise,” Ruiz said. “Where are you from?” “Ohio, Master Sergeant!” Ruiz grimaced. Nothing there. Ohio’s utter inoffensiveness had finally worked to my advantage.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“Do your squadmates a fucking favor. You got the hots, deal with it on leave, not when some creature is trying to rip out your goddamn heart. Now run!” Off they went.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“Aside from their impressive, impenetrable shields, the Consu’s battle technology was of a similar level as the CDF’s. This was not as encouraging as you might think, as what reports filtered back from Consu battles with other species indicated that the Consu’s weaponry and technology were always more or less matched with that of their opponent. This added to the idea that what the Consu were engaging in was not war but sports. Not unlike a football game, except with slaughtered colonists in the place of proper spectators.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
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