Angles of Attack Quotes

“You can’t read good-night stories to your bank account, or brush its hair, or teach it how to ride a bike for the first time.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Nobody gives a shit what we want. We take what we’re served, and we ask for seconds, and that’s the way it goes.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Paranoia is one of the defining traits of the experienced combat soldier.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Combative is her default setting.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; and how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?’ ”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“It’s amazing how much stuff you can accomplish when you don’t give a shit whether or not it’s feasible.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,” he says. “Where did you get that?” I ask. “Oh, an old novel that I like. Orcs and elves and high adventure, that sort of thing.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“If you ever get married and have kids, and they offer you a job that will take you thirty fucking light-years away from home, tell them to smooch your taint. Even if they offer a hundred percent monthly bonus. You can’t read good-night stories to your bank account, or brush its hair, or teach it how to ride a bike for the first time.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“First time I looked at Earth from orbit, it damn near blew my mind. The scale of it, you know? And it looked so peaceful. You realize just how stupid it all is. Us, the SRA, the welfare rats, trying to kill each other, when we’re all just a bunch of ants hurtling through space on this little piece of rock and water.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,” he says.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“And what we didn’t ruin, we fought over incessantly, killing each other by the millions over the centuries as our technology far outpaced our ability to keep the vestigial lizard parts of our brains in check.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“The coffee is truly awful, but there’s something soothing and familiar about its perfect awfulness.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Can we just please stop killing shit tonight by flying into it?” I shout, and Sergeant Fallon laughs as she walks off.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“ ‘To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; and how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?’ ”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“a hard-faced little Korean brigadier general named Park, who looks like he chews bulkheads for breakfast and shits rivets all day.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; and how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“I know how and when to work an ejection-seat handle, Andrew. I am not a moron.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“We are not just tickling the dragon’s tail; we are timing a flyby through its open jaws while it is yawning.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“Is not Alliance training,” he says. “I spend six months in military prison once. Other man in cell, he was boxer. Before military, he fight in underworld ring, for money. He teach me how to punch the color out of a man’s hair. I go easy on you because I am guest here.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack

“This is the lousiest honeymoon ever,” she says when I come running up to her.”
― Marko Kloos, Angles of Attack