Gods of Night Quotes

“Maybe a captain more obsessed with strict protocol and formality would have been stalwart in hiding his feelings, but Riker didn’t subscribe to such emotionally stunted ideals of manhood.”
― David W. Mack, Gods of Night

“The prospect of twelve years being transformed by the laws of relativity into a short-lived purgatory disturbed Fletcher, but the notions of starving to death in deep space or returning home as a centenarian troubled her even more.”
― David Mack, Gods of Night

“Claytronic atoms—also called programmable matter. They’re like nanomachines, but more complex, and a lot more powerful. Bonded together, they operate on a human scale instead of a microscopic one. They can change their density, energy levels, a whole range of properties.”
― David Mack, Gods of Night

“Absolutely not, Captain,” said Admiral Alynna Nechayev over the subspace comm, her angular features and silver-blond hair framed by the edges of the desktop monitor in Picard’s ready room. “The risk is too great, and you know it.”
― David Mack, Gods of Night

“Your faith that there was more good than bad to be found in the universe. I heard you once tell Jack on the Stargazer, ‘That’s why we do this—it’s what makes going to the stars worthwhile.”
― David Mack, Gods of Night

“You see the battlefield, Jean-Luc. I have to see the war.”
― David Mack, Gods of Night