Destiny Quotes

“Starship command is like comedy, Number One. Timing is everything.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“scratches on a beach washed smooth by a rising tide. Control, composure, and focus all vanished as the voice of the Collective spoke to him, its malice and contempt undiluted by the gulf of empty space it had bridged to touch his mind.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“had taken a trip to the edge of annihilation to remind him that life was not only far too short, but also far too beautiful and far too precious to enjoy alone.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Would it not be better to make a clean break from the past and embrace the future you’ve chosen?”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Weapons, hit the Borg with everything we’ve got: transphasic torpedoes, phasers, bad grammar—whatever it takes!”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Why think small? Thinking is free.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Don’t mistake optimism for foolishness or compassion for weakness.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“We can fight for hope, or we can give in to despair. The choice is yours, Jean-Luc. Let me know what you decide.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Time is short, Doctor,” said Dax. “And the perfect is the enemy of the good. Make do with what we’ve got—and do it fast.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Terminat hora diem, terminat auctor opus.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Everything we do today defines us—because tomorrow might never come.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga

“Time is the fire in which we burn.”
― David Mack, Destiny: The Complete Saga