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John Scalzi quotes: You can be happy anywhere, if you have the right point of view. And the ability to ignore the smell of an entire planet. You can be happy anywhere, if you have the right point of view. And the ability to ignore the smell of an entire planet.
John Scalzi quotes: But individuals are not precise mirrors of their nations. And But individuals are not precise mirrors of their nations. And
John Scalzi quotes: It's hard to sell the official story to people who can see things for themselves. It's hard to sell the official story to people who can see things for themselves.
John Scalzi quotes: I'm a terrific boss, and I'll brutally sabotage the career of any underling who says different. I'm a terrific boss, and I'll brutally sabotage the career of any underling who says different.
John Scalzi quotes: Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn't the same thing as easy. Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn't the same thing as easy.
John Scalzi quotes: She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be. She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be.
John Scalzi quotes: The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense. The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.
John Scalzi quotes: With sentences, shorter is better than longer: With sentences, shorter is better than longer:
John Scalzi quotes: Are we agreed that the goal here is survival, not a win? Are we agreed that the goal here is survival, not a win?
John Scalzi quotes: You don't have paperwork," Savitri said. "You give it all to me." "Is it done?" I asked. "As far as you know, yes," Savitri said. You don't have paperwork," Savitri said. "You give it all to me." "Is it done?" I asked. "As far as you know, yes," Savitri said.
John Scalzi quotes: The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another - it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time. The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another - it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time.
John Scalzi quotes: I've always liked swimming, so long as my head's above water. I've always liked swimming, so long as my head's above water.
John Scalzi quotes: Now What?" Kerensky said. "We wait," Dahl said. "For how long?" Kerensky said, " As long as dramatically appropriate," Dahl said. Now What?" Kerensky said. "We wait," Dahl said. "For how long?" Kerensky said, " As long as dramatically appropriate," Dahl said.
John Scalzi quotes: Captain Sophia Coloma looked every inch of what she was, which was the sort of person who was not here to put up with your shit. Captain Sophia Coloma looked every inch of what she was, which was the sort of person who was not here to put up with your shit.
John Scalzi quotes: The failure mode of clever is "asshole. The failure mode of clever is "asshole.
John Scalzi quotes: It's not spam if you agree to it," Tony said. "They just won't have much of a choice. It's not spam if you agree to it," Tony said. "They just won't have much of a choice.
John Scalzi quotes: Get off my planet, you son of a bitch. Get off my planet, you son of a bitch.
John Scalzi quotes: Is it good? It ain't Shakespeare, but then, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus, so you tell me. Is it good? It ain't Shakespeare, but then, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus, so you tell me.
John Scalzi quotes: His progress was more lateral than forward. His progress was more lateral than forward.
John Scalzi quotes: Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals. Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.
John Scalzi quotes: Oh for God's sake how divine can I be? My feet hurt, I have gas and I need to pee. Oh for God's sake how divine can I be? My feet hurt, I have gas and I need to pee.
John Scalzi quotes: Because every time I think of starships skipping across the galaxy, I imagine Albert Einstein in a policeman's uniform, writing up a ticket. Because every time I think of starships skipping across the galaxy, I imagine Albert Einstein in a policeman's uniform, writing up a ticket.
John Scalzi quotes: It's a hell of a thing to say good-bye to your whole life. It's a hell of a thing to say good-bye to your whole life.
John Scalzi quotes: Who are you and what medications aren't you taking? Finn said. Who are you and what medications aren't you taking? Finn said.
John Scalzi quotes: I have no idea, Jim," Lowen said. "I'm a doctor, not a private investigator. I have no idea, Jim," Lowen said. "I'm a doctor, not a private investigator.
John Scalzi quotes: Moeller also immediately discounted insults about competence, as the incompetent never question their competence about anything. Moeller also immediately discounted insults about competence, as the incompetent never question their competence about anything.
John Scalzi quotes: I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back. I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back.
John Scalzi quotes: If you're the best that the Earth has got to offer, it's time we bend over and get a tentacle right up the ass. If you're the best that the Earth has got to offer, it's time we bend over and get a tentacle right up the ass.
John Scalzi quotes: In all of the history of professional sports, the Cubs are the ultimate symbol of complete failure. In all of the history of professional sports, the Cubs are the ultimate symbol of complete failure.
John Scalzi quotes: Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast). Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).
John Scalzi quotes: How did you get here, anyway?" "It's classified." "I'm close enough to stab you with a fork. How did you get here, anyway?" "It's classified." "I'm close enough to stab you with a fork.
John Scalzi quotes: I served with that son of a bitch, Corporal. Ruiz wouldn't compliment his mother for giving birth to him, if you know what I mean. I served with that son of a bitch, Corporal. Ruiz wouldn't compliment his mother for giving birth to him, if you know what I mean.
John Scalzi quotes: In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug, Cassaway said, dryly. In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug, Cassaway said, dryly.
John Scalzi quotes: That as far as I can tell," Jenkins said, "it's not actually a very good show. That as far as I can tell," Jenkins said, "it's not actually a very good show.
John Scalzi quotes: Well, life is like that sometimes", Isabel said. "We learn things too late, and then we don't get to use them. Well, life is like that sometimes", Isabel said. "We learn things too late, and then we don't get to use them.
John Scalzi quotes: To everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No. To everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No.
John Scalzi quotes: Isn't that weird?" I said. "All the different types of sentient species in the universe, and we're all different, but we all drink coffee. Isn't that weird?" I said. "All the different types of sentient species in the universe, and we're all different, but we all drink coffee.
John Scalzi quotes: People don't mind having the mystical aspect of a church being poorly defined as long as you make the rules of the church clear. People don't mind having the mystical aspect of a church being poorly defined as long as you make the rules of the church clear.
John Scalzi quotes: I have drinks," Hanson said, coming up behind Duvall. "Why, Jimmy," Duvall said. "That makes you my new favorite person. I have drinks," Hanson said, coming up behind Duvall. "Why, Jimmy," Duvall said. "That makes you my new favorite person.
John Scalzi quotes: I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created. I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.
John Scalzi quotes: I'm not even one year old," Jared said. "I can be a baby if I want. I'm not even one year old," Jared said. "I can be a baby if I want.
John Scalzi quotes: The three rules of writing: 1. It's Work. 2. It's Work. 3. Surprise! It's Work. The three rules of writing: 1. It's Work. 2. It's Work. 3. Surprise! It's Work.
John Scalzi quotes: You're all so busy tending to your own personal tree that you don't look around to see that the forest is on fire. You're all so busy tending to your own personal tree that you don't look around to see that the forest is on fire.
John Scalzi quotes: The supply transport's on autopilot most of the way down anyway. I'm just on board so that if it crashes, they can say someone died. The supply transport's on autopilot most of the way down anyway. I'm just on board so that if it crashes, they can say someone died.
John Scalzi quotes: Fear enters the room and sits down in a chair and with a polite smile asks to open negotiations. Fear enters the room and sits down in a chair and with a polite smile asks to open negotiations.
John Scalzi quotes: If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas. If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.
John Scalzi quotes: You can't afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace. You can't afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.
John Scalzi quotes: Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet. Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet.
John Scalzi quotes: I don't keep a Bucket List. I'm open to anything. I don't keep a Bucket List. I'm open to anything.
John Scalzi quotes: I despise you and I love you, you who are my damnation and salvation both. I despise you and I love you, you who are my damnation and salvation both.
John Scalzi quotes: The diagnostic said there was nothing wrong with the threep, which may have meant there was something wrong with the diagnostic. The diagnostic said there was nothing wrong with the threep, which may have meant there was something wrong with the diagnostic.
John Scalzi quotes: I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder. I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.
John Scalzi quotes: Do not mourn me, friendsI fall as a shooting starInto the next life Do not mourn me, friends
I fall as a shooting star
Into the next life
John Scalzi quotes: I thought this was a matter of some urgency, Harry." "It is," I said. "But I fell from the sky today. I could use a couple of waffles. I thought this was a matter of some urgency, Harry." "It is," I said. "But I fell from the sky today. I could use a couple of waffles.
John Scalzi quotes: We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole. We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole.
John Scalzi quotes: Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait. Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.
John Scalzi quotes: You see tools and parts and my arm shoved inside a small spacecraft, and you really have to ask what I'm doing? You see tools and parts and my arm shoved inside a small spacecraft, and you really have to ask what I'm doing?
John Scalzi quotes: Sometimes in life you're going to win and sometimes you're going to lose. But just because you lose doesn't mean the other guy needs to win. Sometimes in life you're going to win and sometimes you're going to lose. But just because you lose doesn't mean the other guy needs to win.
John Scalzi quotes: Occam's razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone's ass was usually the correct one. Occam's razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone's ass was usually the correct one.
John Scalzi quotes: No matter what, the Earth is fucked," Rigney said. "Excuse the language, but that's the gist of what I'm hearing from you. No matter what, the Earth is fucked," Rigney said. "Excuse the language, but that's the gist of what I'm hearing from you.
John Scalzi quotes: It's better to be a dog in peace, than a man in war. It's better to be a dog in peace, than a man in war.
John Scalzi quotes: I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice. I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.
John Scalzi quotes: Did she tell you I set puppies on fire, too?" Vann asked. "She did not," I said. "It may have been implied. Did she tell you I set puppies on fire, too?" Vann asked. "She did not," I said. "It may have been implied.
John Scalzi quotes: Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different. Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.
John Scalzi quotes: There's nothing like sharing menarche with a billion hermaphrodites. I think it was everyone's first time. There's nothing like sharing menarche with a billion hermaphrodites. I think it was everyone's first time.
John Scalzi quotes: Again I ask permission to be blunt." "Ambassador Abumwe, at this point I cannot imagine you being otherwise. Again I ask permission to be blunt." "Ambassador Abumwe, at this point I cannot imagine you being otherwise.
John Scalzi quotes: If knew you were going to drug me, kidnap me, and take me back to the dark ages with out my pants, I never would have slept with you. If knew you were going to drug me, kidnap me, and take me back to the dark ages with out my pants, I never would have slept with you.
John Scalzi quotes: Only Norway regularly sends colonists from Europe, and we all know of that country's ecological disasters. Only Norway regularly sends colonists from Europe, and we all know of that country's ecological disasters.
John Scalzi quotes: I don't have a problem with treason," I said. "I can stop anytime." I I don't have a problem with treason," I said. "I can stop anytime." I
John Scalzi quotes: You're insane!" "Call me HAL and make me sing 'Daisy, Daisy'. You're insane!"

"Call me HAL and make me sing 'Daisy, Daisy'.
John Scalzi quotes: Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us. Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us.
John Scalzi quotes: Colonization is the key to our race's survival. It's as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races. Colonization is the key to our race's survival. It's as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races.
John Scalzi quotes: And as luck would have it, a position opened up here." "It wasn't luck," Mbeke said. "It was a Longranian Ice Shark," Cassaway said. And as luck would have it, a position opened up here." "It wasn't luck," Mbeke said. "It was a Longranian Ice Shark," Cassaway said.
John Scalzi quotes: The idea of spending another six hours with Leon and his farts was more than I could take. The idea of spending another six hours with Leon and his farts was more than I could take.
John Scalzi quotes: How many people volunteer for an army and then claim conscientious objector status? How many people volunteer for an army and then claim conscientious objector status?
John Scalzi quotes: What we don't know can't hurt us. What we don't know can't hurt us.
John Scalzi quotes: General Gau had thanked for her candor in this as in all other things and then went ahead and did it anyway. General Gau had thanked for her candor in this as in all other things and then went ahead and did it anyway.
John Scalzi quotes: Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live. Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.
John Scalzi quotes: Just accept you're drinking from the fire hose and open wide. Just accept you're drinking from the fire hose and open wide.
John Scalzi quotes: Dirk Moeller didn't know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out. Dirk Moeller didn't know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out.
John Scalzi quotes: Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you. Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you.
John Scalzi quotes: Maybe it's just that no one knows how to conduct a real literary feud anymore, online or otherwise. Maybe it's just that no one knows how to conduct a real literary feud anymore, online or otherwise.
John Scalzi quotes: Who are you, who is so wise in the way of alien fungus? Who are you, who is so wise in the way of alien fungus?
John Scalzi quotes: Nice is nice," Hayter-Ross said. "But being a bitch gets results. Nice is nice," Hayter-Ross said. "But being a bitch gets results.
John Scalzi quotes: Do any of the private companies send reps or IT guys here? Do any of the private companies send reps or IT guys here?
John Scalzi quotes: If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it's not everyone else that's the problem. If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it's not everyone else that's the problem.
John Scalzi quotes: Mom, I remember Lizzie," Hart said. "She's really not my type." "She has a brother," Wes said, from his lounge. "He's not my type, either," Hart said. Mom, I remember Lizzie," Hart said. "She's really not my type." "She has a brother," Wes said, from his lounge. "He's not my type, either," Hart said.
John Scalzi quotes: When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle. When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle.
John Scalzi quotes: Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives. Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.
John Scalzi quotes: Anyway, I might have just gone on about porn too long. Anyway, I might have just gone on about porn too long.
John Scalzi quotes: There was general agreement that Brahe was correct, until Gell-Man taught the squad to swear in Arabic. There was general agreement that Brahe was correct, until Gell-Man taught the squad to swear in Arabic.
John Scalzi quotes: We don't get to choose our battles. We don't get to choose our battles.
John Scalzi quotes: How do you like your peace now, motherfucker? How do you like your peace now, motherfucker?
John Scalzi quotes: Look," I said. "Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here. Look," I said. "Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here.
John Scalzi quotes: Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens. Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
John Scalzi quotes: The half-life between story of the century and not even the story of the day is quicker than you would ever guess. The half-life between story of the century and not even the story of the day is quicker than you would ever guess.
John Scalzi quotes: The good news is I peed before going to sleep. The good news is I peed before going to sleep.
John Scalzi quotes: Would you like some help with your duct work, sir?" Dahl asked. "Please," Kerensky said. * Would you like some help with your duct work, sir?" Dahl asked. "Please," Kerensky said. *
John Scalzi quotes: I love her more than I actually express in words - an irony for a writer - and am every day genuinely amazed I get to spend my life with I love her more than I actually express in words - an irony for a writer - and am every day genuinely amazed I get to spend my life with her.
John Scalzi quotes: Is it painful?" the groundskeeper asked. "I am asking for science. Is it painful?" the groundskeeper asked. "I am asking for science.

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