Quotes by John Scalzi

“Rich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors....”

“Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.”

“When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.”

“I do not mind when you tell me what you want and put that first instead of last.”

“You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesnt cost you much to do it. Id rather apologize for something I didnt really care about, and leave someone on ...”

“After our negotiations were completed, the dome would be imploded and launched toward the nearest black hole, so that none of its atoms would ever contaminate this particular universe again. I thou...”

“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.”

“The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.”

“The universe is a big place. Maybe we're not in the best neighborhood.”

“Yes, he's an equal opportunity asshole," Szilard said. "And he's aware of it, which he thinks means it's okay.”

“Colonization is the key to our races survival. Its as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races.”

“Jack Holloway told me he would get the son of a bitch who killed my child and the mate of my child," Papa continued. "Jack Holloway did get that son of a bitch. Jack Holloway got you. You are the m...”

“Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).”

“What we don't know can't hurt us.”

“She was my friend. Briefly, she was my lover. She was braver than I ever would have been in the moment of death. And I bet she was a hell of a shooting star.”

“The rest of the rebels were recruited from the ranks of the young and excitable and had rather more enthusiasm than skill.”

“You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself.”

“Simply put, she was the one who had to put up with me. That she did so with love and patience and encouragement instead of strangling me, throwing my remains into a wood chipper, and then pretendin...”

“Leon had attached himself to me in Chicago like a fat, brat-and-beer-filled tick; I was amazed that someone whose blood was clearly half pork grease had made it to age seventy-five.”

“You say cure. I hear youre not human enough.”