Double Share Quotes

“Just a bunch of people who happen to work in the same place. No unity. No interdependence. It becomes easy to beat up on each other. Easy to have a ‘what’s in it for me’ attitude.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“when they get together, the sum of their IQs is actually less than each taken separately.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Lemme think about that trusting Billy part. There’s a terrible power in belief.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“When I’m running, I can think. Tai chi stops thinking. You have to focus too much on the now. Hands, feet, weight, balance, tension or release. It’s just not possible to think while you’re doing tai chi. At least not if you want to do it well. Running, on the other hand, got my brain into full motion.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“There’s nothing in this workup that indicates any problem.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Mr. Burnside will be in the auto-doc for the rest of the day.” “The rest of the day? Isn’t that rather extreme?” “He took a blow to the chest, sar, that seems to have broken three ribs and cracked two others. You may be aware, sar, that lungs and heart are located behind the ribs?” “I had heard something to that effect, yes, Ms. D’Heng, from relatively reliable sources.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“You’re very sharp for an officer, sar.” “Thank you, Ms. D’Heng. I try hard to keep up.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“And you do not consider this behavior insubordination, Mr. Wang?” “No, Mr. Burnside. It would be insubordination to refuse to answer your questions fully and accurately. The simple fact that you do not like my answers does not constitute insubordination.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“I wanted to bang my head on the screen, but I was relatively sure that Ms. Jaxton might notice that kind of behavior.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Sar, you’re a little bit spooky at times.” “I’m improving then, Ms. Jaxton. I used to be really spooky all the time.” “I haven’t known you that long, sar. May I reserve judgment?”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Sar, you did pass your psych eval, right?” “Barely. They were concerned that I might be too sane to be an officer at first, but I convinced them I was psychotic enough.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Words, Juliett, just words. Hateful, ignorant, and spiteful though they may be. Just words,” I told her. “He can’t say that stuff!” “He can and he did, but we don’t need to sink to his level.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“She eyed me dubiously. “Anybody ever tell you you’re a terrible liar, sar?” she asked after a moment. “Yes, Ms. Jaxton, they have—on numerous occasions. I practice in hopes that some day I’ll get better.” “Keep practicing, sar.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Excuse me, sar?” I shook my head. “Nothing, Ms. Jaxton, just talking to myself again. Sometimes I do it out loud.” “They tell me that’s not a symptom of insanity unless you’re surprised by your answers, sar.” “You’re a comfort to me, Ms. Jaxton. A real comfort.” “I try, sar,” she said with a smirk of her own. “I try.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“I really don’t know, Captain. You’d have to ask Mr. Maloney about that.” I put every ounce of credibility that I had into it. It helped that I didn’t have any idea.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“My mother, a lit professor, would have had a lot to say about it, I’m sure, but it seems like a recurring theme. Women aren’t allowed to be happy, unless their happiness comes from the largess of a man.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“I hope you never get into a fight, because you have the killer instincts of a lawn chair.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Nothing, Ms. Jaxton, just talking to myself again. Sometimes I do it out loud.” “They tell me that’s not a symptom of insanity unless you’re surprised by your answers, sar.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Now that school’s out, the real lessons begin.” His eyes closed and he added, “Learn them early and learn them well. Remediation is painful.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Here thar be dragons, I thought. And those dragons will bite you in the butt.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“It’s almost time for dinner mess. Shouldn’t you be heading in that direction?”
“Yes, sar, I was just waiting to see if you’d fall down when you let go of the ladder rail, sar. It’s not often you get to see an officer fall over from ‘a little disagreement’ and I thought it might be instructive, sar.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“Sar, you did pass your psych eval, right?”
“Barely,” I admitted. “They were concerned that I might be too sane to be an officer at first, but I convinced them I was psychotic enough.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share

“I’m green, Mel,” I said with an answering grin of my own. “But I’m not totally stupid.”
― Nathan Lowell, Double Share