Daniel Beahn

“The Pirates have never failed to achieve an objective, Sir,” Frey said. “Sometimes, it takes us a while to get any traction,” she shrugged. “We try and fail, try and fail again and again, but we succeed because we never give up. The fight isn’t over when you lose, it’s over when you give up.”
― Craig Alanson, Ground State

“My mother told me small talk was important because it established a bond between the people speaking. Even a useless comment like ‘nice weather today’ was an attempt to open a discussion, make a connection with another person.”
― Craig Alanson, Black Ops