Winter World Quotes

“I think that says a lot about a person: how they handle being second best. Do they work on themselves? Or attack the person ahead of them?”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“The sun dims and sometimes it goes out completely. But the sun always rises again. Time heals all wounds, but enduring those times is what defines us. We have to take care of ourselves during the winters of our lives. I hope you will.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Any change that takes power from those who have it will face opposition.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“I’ve often found that fear of what’s going to happen is far worse than the actual event. A long time ago, I came up with a mental hack to calm my nerves: I tell myself this is just a trial run. This isn’t really it. That helps put some distance between my mind and what’s happening.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“what ultimately matters in a survival situation: the will to live.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“The strongest friendships and the strongest relationships are forged in the hottest fires.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Another truth: parents desire for their children the things they never had.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Ever since I was a kid, sarcasm has been my defense against a world that didn’t seem to understand me—or like me.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Nothing makes me worry like someone telling me not to worry.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“We need to talk.” In my experience, those four words never herald the opening of a pleasant conversation.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“The primary goal is to convince the artifact that we’re intelligent and peaceful.” In my thirty-six years of experience with the human race, I’ve found both points debatable.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“It strikes me then that it’s our darkest hours and greatest crises that push us to the highest peaks of performance and genius.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“The sun dims and sometimes it goes out completely. But the sun always rises again.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“If we let it, guilt has a way of growing.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Courtesy is costless and benefits all involved.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“A landing from space has been described as a train wreck, followed by a car accident, followed by falling off your bike.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Mental work is like a vitamin a person needs every day. A muscle that otherwise atrophies with disuse.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“In the world we live in, the best people carry the weight for others—and they get crushed first.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“After Pedro’s announcement, his wife got on the internet, looked up the fatality rates for police officers, and issued an ultimatum: find another profession or find another wife.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“As I expected, the Pax fights our plan. They insist all is well there. Finally, I send a message telling them that we are ejecting our escape pods and that they can either ignore the pods or use them. After a long pause, a simple message appears on the screen. PAX: Thank you. To the entire crew of Sparta One, thank you.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“I’m getting stronger. Slowly. Every day it’s a little easier to breathe, a little easier to stand. And I can walk for longer. They say it will take years for me to regain my full strength. I may have to use a walker for the rest of my life.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“I’ll never see the world the same way. Life. The solar system, the universe. I feel I’ve crossed a Rubicon. Nothing will ever be the same.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Courtesy is costless and benefits all involved”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“mix of sand and ice. Sludge. It’s strangely symbolic of humanity: a mess, but a mess we can clean up. A mess that looks like it’s getting better. The sun shines bright overhead.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Hope doesn't have to be rational. Hope is an end unto itself, a renewable source of energy inside of each of us, a fragile thing that can be damaged with our darkest thoughts, dimmed almost to darkness, but never completely extinguished.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Constant fear of death has to be the best weight loss program ever.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“Desperate times, however, require sacrifice.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“They want to have power over others. I believe the common cause is that someone, at some point, had power over them. Therein lies a seminal truth about human nature: we desire in adulthood what we were deprived in childhood.”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World

“But the truth is, true leadership requires understanding those you lead, making the best choices for them, and most of all, convincing them when they don’t realize what’s best for them. Leadership is about moments like this, when the people you’re charged with protecting have doubts, when the odds are against you. Every morning, the crew gathers on the bridge. Oscar and”
― A.G. Riddle, Winter World