25 Quotes by James Alan Gardner

That must be the chief reason to become sergeant; so you can assign yourself to monitor the most beautiful security risk.

We're ruthless bastards and we always play dirty.

I like people thinking I'm an asshole. Being an asshole is my life's vocation; I'm a goddamned asshole professional.

The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn’t improve your odds of survival, but it doesn’t waste mental energy.

Don’t be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.

What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she’ll get complex software right the first time?

You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.