John Scalzi: Trending quotes (page 3)

“I have drinks,” Hanson said, coming up behind Duvall.
“Why, Jimmy,” Duvall said. “That makes you my new favorite person.”

John Scalzi book Redshirts

Source: Redshirts (2012), Chapter 1 (p. 23)

Drink , Personality

“What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism.”

John Scalzi

Source: Old Man’s War (2005), Chapter 7 (p. 124)

“It’s Charlie’s soul,” he repeated. “Or more accurately, it’s a holographic representation of the dynamic electrical system that embodies the consciousness of Charles Boutin.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 2 (p. 39)

Soul

“Some people are just no good at not being in charge.”

John Scalzi The Last Colony

Source: The Last Colony (2007), Chapter 3 (p. 57)

People

“I’m not sure I like their plan for converting us to their religion, seeing as it involves dying and all.”

John Scalzi

Source: Old Man’s War (2005), Chapter 9 (p. 159)

Religion

“Empires of conquest don’t last, Administrator Perry. They hollow out from within, from the greed of rulers and the endless appetite for war.”

John Scalzi The Last Colony

Source: The Last Colony (2007), Chapter 10 (p. 195)

War

“When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 7 (p. 169)

Waiting

“Teenagers can be idiotic and stupid, but teenagers also model their behavior from the signals they get from adults.”

John Scalzi The Last Colony

Source: The Last Colony (2007), Chapter 4 (p. 72)

Stupidity , Behavior

“No, it's not fair. You're in the wrong universe for fair.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

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The Ghost Brigades (2006)

Universe

““This is Major Perry’s house?”
“I hope so,” I said. “All his stuff is here.””

John Scalzi book Zoe's Tale

Source: Zoe's Tale (2008), Chapter 1 (p. 23)

Hope , Housing

“When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.”

John Scalzi The Last Colony

Source: The Last Colony (2007), Chapter 5 (p. 97)

Communication

“Many people believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing, but I think - and my experience of geekdom bears on this thinking - that the true sign of a geek is a delight in sharing a thing. It's the major difference between a geek and a hipster, you know: When a hipster sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say "Oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing I love." When a geek sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say "ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER."”

John Scalzi

Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/07/26/who-gets-to-be-a-geek-anyone-who-wants-to-be/

Love , People , Thinking

“I had never seen so many old people in one place at one time. Neither had Harry. “It’s like Wednesday morning at the world’s biggest Denny’s,” he said.”

John Scalzi

Source: Old Man’s War (2005), Chapter 3 (p. 41)

People , World , Time

“She was temptable—which, if you believe in an all-powerful God, means God intentionally put temptation into Eve. Which seems like a dirty trick, if you ask me.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 13 (p. 288)

God

“Eight-year-olds can switch into acquisition mode pretty quickly.”

John Scalzi book Zoe's Tale

Source: Zoe's Tale (2008), Chapter 4 (p. 53)

“I don’t think it would actually make you happier to be told you were right about this,” he said finally.
“I don’t want to be happy,” Dahl said. “I just want to know.”

John Scalzi book Redshirts

Source: Redshirts (2012), Chapter 23 (p. 229)

Thinking , Happiness

““I didn’t say that,” Szilard said, in a tone that implied that perhaps he had.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 6 (p. 118)

“Unlike Agents Vann and Shane here, who are being wholly disingenuous, you might be speaking out of genuine ignorance and not just your usual levels of casual obstructionism.”

John Scalzi book Lock In

Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 3 (p. 40)

“Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 13 (p. 288)

Imagination

“Jared, allow me to share with you my philosophy of human beings. It can be summed up in four words: I like good people.”

John Scalzi book The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 5 (p. 113)

People