Hard Time Quotes

“She frowned severely. ‘You can’t fire missiles at the Inland Revenue.’ ‘Sorry.’ ‘You can’t get clearance over the walls. The angles are wrong.”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time

“someone has to round up the country’s idiots and put them somewhere they can’t do any harm and so we invented Parliament.”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time

“If Jane had been flushed before, she was quite composed now. ‘Thank you, ma’am, but I have complete confidence in our plan and my colleagues.’ ‘Good for you,’ said Bolshy Jane. ‘You’re going to die,’ said Wimpy Jane. Shut up the pair of you, thought Actual Jane.”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time

“Luke took refuge in sarcasm. ‘Is that the best you can come up with? Brain the size of a . . .’ He paused, seeking inspiration. ‘Planet,’ supplied the AI.”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time

“Quod non satis elaborare sicut cogitavit”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time

“She sighed. ‘I’m actually considering making that our new motto. Did not work out quite as planned. How would that look in Latin, Charlie?’ ‘Er . . .’ He closed his eyes. ‘Um . . . Quod non satis elaborare sicut cogitavit is the best I can come up with off the top of my head, ma’am.”
― Jodi Taylor, Hard Time