King of Thieves Quotes

“Doors were both the bane and the blessing of existence. When they worked the way you wanted, when you wanted, you could ask no more of life. Most of the time, however, the evil blasted things were clearly possessed by the devil and intent on nothing but murdering you and your compatriots by stubbornly refusing to open, or close, or whatever it was you needed them to do.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“We’ve got jobs to do, and we’re going to get them done. Anyone who thinks otherwise can transfer to the Air Force when we get home. Until then, you’re Marines. By God, act like it.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“A double-time march in low gravity was probably more suited to a bad physical comedy show than a military formation, but as long as they kept upright and moving, Ramirez was more than willing to overlook his Marines bouncing off each other and the walls.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky.” Commander”
― Evan Currie, King of Thieves

“Morgan flipped over and grabbed the bulkhead, then paused and glanced back. “I want the tech team back in one piece, Major . . .” “What about my Marines?” “Them too. If I wanted cannon fodder, I’d dress you up in red shirts.” Phillips looked puzzled. “Pardon, sir?” “Never mind, Major.” Morgan shook his head. “But you should brush up on the classics.” “I’ll get right on that after I get back from invading the alien moon.” Morgan smiled. “That’s the spirit, Major.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Too bad the Corps doesn’t issue us a bard right along with the rifles and armor.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Watch your ass. The walls are covered in snakes,” Pierce advised. “Negative, corporal. The walls are snakes.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Yeah, I think we’ve found what we were looking for.” “You know what that is?” “Not a clue, but I bet you it’s what we’re looking for,” Ramirez said firmly. “Does this look like anything less than the control room for a sci-fi superweapon to you?” “It’s missing the evil overlord’s throne, but other than that . . . ?” Pierce shrugged. “Sure, why not?”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Orbiting a planet, or any significant source of gravity, was a lot like constantly throwing yourself at the ground and figuring out how to miss.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Phillips glowered inside his helmet, wondering what the hell it was with alien worlds. Every time humans ventured out, they seemed to find monsters looking to eat them, or everything, or, well . . . whatever. It was, frankly, a depressing statement on the state of the universe, in his mind.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Alright, chalk it up to magic supertech, and let’s move on,” Morgan said.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“May as well have painted the walls black, she thought with some amusement.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“That’s razor-thin, Commander.” “We’re a hundred light-years from home, traveling down into an alien moon, while looking for extraterrestrial megaconstructs that might house nightmares from beyond the stars that are looking to eat our planet,” Daiyu countered. “Thin is a matter of perspective.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“Why do I have a sudden urge to say I have a bad feeling about this?”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“We go in dark, quiet, and at a crawl. We do not gravitate, transmit, or even fart in the general direction of that thing.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves

“The area might be called the Oort cloud, but it was better than ninety-nine point nine nine nine percent empty space. That last fraction of a percent, however, included a few planetoids and millions of icebergs the size of Nebraska, so it was better to check.”
― Evan C. Currie, King of Thieves