Distant Horizon Quotes

“I’m a Midwesterner. Salad, to me, comes in a dish and has mayo, cheese, or whipped cream, or—” Agbani sighed. “Minnesota?” “Iowa.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“a person didn’t care about needs higher up the scale if ones further down weren’t met. It was hard to care about fulfilling your potential if you were starving to death.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“individuals”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“Icky raised two hands like a kid in class. “Van, what’s a lawn?” “An area of grass that ruins your Saturday afternoon. Now, eyes on me. It’s time for violence.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“But… the world needs to know about this! The world needs to know the truth!” I shook my head. “No, Myron, it doesn’t. In fact, that would be the worst thing for mankind right now.” “Don’t give me that. Humanity couldn’t handle it bullshit—” “I’m not. It’s not about that at all.” “So what, then?” I turned in my seat so I was facing him. “Myron, you’ve spent who knows how long obsessed with UFOs and Roswell, Area 51, conspiracy theories, abductions, that sort of stuff. And yes, you now know that a lot of it is true, although not in the ways you think it is.” I leaned forward. “The truth, and the threat, isn’t down there,” I said, pointing at the Arabian peninsula, which was now sliding beneath us. I turned my finger and pointed up. “It’s out there. The Men in Black aren’t your enemy, if they even exist at all, that is. The biggest threat to mankind are vicious, amoral alien assholes who would exploit the shit out of Earth if it ever lost the ignorance that’s protecting it.” “Ignorance? A protection?” I nodded. “There’s a community of peoples out there that put a lot of effort into protecting places like Earth, until they’re ready to take their first real steps into space. And I don’t mean sending a few guys to go futz around on the Moon. I mean serious, deep space travel. The organization I’m part of, the Peacemaker Guild, is part of that protection. But mankind’s ignorance of the truth is the far more important one. Once that’s gone, all bets are off.” I leaned forward even more, pressing my gaze into Myron’s. “Imagine the worst thing you can. Now, try and imagine something worse than that. That still doesn’t even come close to the true horror out there. Now, it’s not just horror, of course. There are lots of good things, wonderful things. But it’s the horror that keeps me awake at night.” “What Van is saying is that, if you managed to convince humanity of the truth, it would pretty much be the end of the line for Earth,” Perry put in. Myron sank back and shook his head. “So you mean that we now really do know the truth, and we can’t share it with anyone?” I leaned back and smiled at him. “Congratulations, Myron. You thought there was a conspiracy, and you were right—and now you’re part of it. Ain’t life a funny thing?”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“flawless 1977 Datsun 280Z”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“Sometimes, instinct is just as important as doctrine, and instinct has a funny way of saving your ass.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“Did he just try—just try to close the deal?” Carter hissed. “She’s a woman, not a transaction, you dinosaur. Shit, no wonder you’re an expert at first dates,”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“Torina, please don’t make me take orders from the bird,”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“It only had to be better and luckier once.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“I see flat. Lots and lots of flat.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon

“sighed. “Yes, sir, that’s a thing. Perry will explain it to you.” Perry nodded. “And I shall use suitably simple, ideally one-syllable words to do it.” “To do what?” the Yonnox asked.”
― J.N. Chaney, Distant Horizon