Who Can Own the Stars? Quotes

“I screwed up so bad. Do you want to just fire me?” Meijer asked, resigned. “Fire you? You have fifteen years in this work. If I hire a twenty-something greenie to replace you, I get to watch him make all the stupid mistakes you’ve made over those years. You’ve moved on to learning from really colossal screw-ups. Surely you are within a decade or two of being a genuine expert who has made every mistake possible known to the trade.”
― Mackey Chandler, Who Can Own the Stars?

“Another chapter,” Otis said and went back to his pad as the acceleration eased on. April imagined if they had a missile homing on them Otis would want to read a couple more paragraphs before the potential intercept.”
― Mackey Chandler, Who Can Own the Stars?