Questions for a Soldier Quotes

“Destiny gets compressed, you know, into just that small fraction of a second you have right in front of you at any one time. And there’s nothing romantic about keeping your head down to avoid getting shot, or trying to save a friend who’s been injured, or coming face to face with a creature who is as smart and mean and as terrified of dying as you are, and who wants to make sure that if someone is left on the ground there, it’s you and not it.”
― John Scalzi, Questions for a Soldier

“That’s what I’d ask you to do: Hope for peace. Because I know that I would love to be able to lay down my weapon and get to being a colonist. Just like you are. Just like I want to be.”
― John Scalzi, Questions for a Soldier

“Only Norway regularly sends colonists from Europe, and we all know of that country’s ecological disasters.”
― John Scalzi, Questions for a Soldier

“Destiny gets compressed, you know, into just that small fraction of a second you have right in front of you at any one time.”
― John Scalzi, Questions for a Soldier

“Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn’t the same thing as easy.”
― John Scalzi, Questions for a Soldier