Message for the Dead Quotes

“you’re used to being able, with the way the service has become, to collectively decide, together, through the offices of your grievance committees, micro-aggression courts, and military occupational branch representatives.” She stared down at the three battleships, digitized red. Three split-hulled triangles. “Well,” she sighed. “I don’t care how you feel about it.”
― Jason Anspach, Message for the Dead

“The commander cleared the briefing orders, comm codes, and other data that had been on display throughout the briefing. Then he looked across the room full of Legion officers, knowing many would die in the next few hours. He nodded slightly. Barely. Making sure he fixed the faces of the dead in his mind. If only so that the someone who would order them to their death did so not lightly.”
― Jason Anspach, Message for the Dead

“He felt like an old man in a galaxy that was made for the young. And then he made sure everyone was moving forward together toward the ship. Which is what old men and captains do.”
― Jason Anspach, Message for the Dead

“There were no welcome lights left on.”
― Jason Anspach, Message for the Dead

“He was a good friend who wanted too badly to be a good man, and so he stopped being a good friend. Then he stopped being a good man.”
― Jason Anspach, Message for the Dead