Stranded Quotes

“You do what you must to survive.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“Control what you can, and trust your people for everything you can’t.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“If running away was an option, she’d already be long gone. However, she was in the thick of it now—and it was a matter of life and death. She couldn’t help being a little amused that it was fact rather than hyperbole.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“Anya detested violence, as a rule. Worse, she hated that her time on Aethos was beginning to make her see it as a necessity. A week ago, her stomach would have turned over at the sight of the corpse crumpled by the rocks. Now, she viewed the dead man as an eliminated threat—relief tinged with a hint of regret for not being able to ask him questions. The shift in mentality scared her.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“The universe can throw us for crazy loops, and the only aspect we can control is how we react.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“the benefit of hindsight had a way of making smart choices feel wrong.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“People were meant to go out and explore and be connected to their environment. Life in cities, where so many interactions were impersonal and there wasn’t even a sky to see, was an extreme departure from humanity’s roots.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“there’s no sense getting upset over what’s happening around you because you can only control how you react to it.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“This situation was thoroughly and truly out of his control, and stressing about unknown variables wouldn’t help. He resolved to take each scenario as it came. Adaptability was the way.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“One step at a time, Evan reminded himself. He couldn’t help the inclination to plan ten steps ahead. Having long-term plans and contingencies was how to avoid getting caught unprepared…”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“All of his training told him that guesswork was a recipe for disaster. One needed to be prepared for contingencies, and not even knowing the basics of a situation meant that Plan A might be doomed from the start.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“But the only sure path to defeat is to give up.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“We had reason to believe that this planet was originally colonized by non-human intelligent beings.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded

“No species other than humans is so determined to modify our environment and carve out life in seemingly unlivable places.”
― A.K. DuBoff, Stranded