How Much for Just the Planet? Quotes

“Askade took the battertoast, looked at it blearily. "I can't rewire it into a death ray without some extra parts," he said, and took a bite. "Hm. Tastes okay. What's the problem?”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“And you must be the ambassador.” “Charlotte Sanchez, UFP Diplomatic Service. Pleased.” “Why?” Flyter said innocently. Without missing a beat, Sanchez said “Because meeting new individuals gives me great intellectual pleasure. That’s why I became a diplomat.” “Oh, good! There are almost fourteen thousand of us, you know. We should be able to make you really, really happy.”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“Kirk pressed the Call key again. “Speaking of language, Bones, what was that about ‘novelty’” “Oh … well, Jim, I was just making an observation about the large number of women in Starfleet who turn out to be your old acquaintances.” “Aw, Bones …” “It’s almost as amazing as the number of those old flames who wind up on board the Enterprise.” “… what can I say?” The lift arrived. As they entered, Spock said, “Dr. McCoy has a valid statistical point—”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“Don’t let the videos fool you, kid. Jim Kirk’s okay, if you don’t mind his eyes pinching your posterior every fifteen minutes, but starship captains have this extraordinary tendency to go ‘round the bend. Garth’s in the booby hatch doing vaudeville impersonations, there was what’s-his-name who nearly started a war on Omega ‘cause he couldn’t tell the cowboys from the commies, I don’t even want to think about the one who thought he was Caesar—” “I thought that was Captain Kirk,” Deedee said, sounding bewildered. “Close, honey, close. When you get right down to it, they’re all—you with me on this one, Rish?” “Swaggering, tin-plated dictators with delusions of godhood,” the two women chorused.”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“They don’t have any real power, though,” Sanchez said. “They’re not tyrants.” “Are you trying to tell me that somebody who names you ‘Princess Deedee the First’ isn’t a tyrant?”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“Kaden pointed upstairs. “I am not tired either. Let us converse as well. I know many glorious lies of battle.”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“covered”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?