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James Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction novelist born on January 10, 1955. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound thematic explorations, covering a range of science fiction subgenres from space opera to social satire.

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Famous James Alan Gardner Quotes

“If you agree to work for us, half the time you won't know the purpose of your duties . . . and when we do explain, we might not be telling the truth. But that's the real world, folks . . .”

Work Industry Espionage

Book:Trapped

Source: Trapped

“You clutch your comfortable excuses, saying, Someday I'll be brave, it won't take a lot, just give me one more chance and this time I'll grab it. .”

Bravery Quests Quest

Author:James Alan Gardner

“Don't be such a party-pooper, missy --when you're well and truly screwed, either you just sit pissing yourself or you invent some reason to hope.”

Hope

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

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

Rank

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.”

Adventure Safety Comatose

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

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

Choices Universe Sacred Deliberate Hydrogen Sacred Things

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.”

Order Violence Weight Court Lawyer Bullshit Bribe Buckles

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.”

Ifs Firsts Stills Play Leadership Stupid Command Lazy Consistent Crew Sadistic

Book:The League of Peoples Books 1–3: Expendable, Commitment Hour, and Vigilant

Source: The League of Peoples Books 1–3: Expendable, Commitment Hour, and Vigilant

“Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.”

Want Half Empty Glasses Aliens Toxic Crawling Parasites Half Full Half Empty Glass Half Full Pancreas

Author:James Alan Gardner

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

Littles Worry Paranoid

Book:Trapped

Source: Trapped

“Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum.”

Universe Vacuums

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“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.”

Way Past Energy Letting Go Despair Waste Survival Odds False Hope

Author:James Alan Gardner

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

People Feels Strange

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

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

Thinking Firsts Kind Reality First Time Complexes Software Divorced Programmers

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.”

People Care Numbers Poop

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

“Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.”

People Littles Life Is Hurt Mistake Majors Mess Making Mistakes Slips We All Make Mistakes

Book:Trapped

Source: Trapped

“I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.”

Feels Made Luck Hated Eerie

Book:Expendable

Source: Expendable

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

Running Duty Weight Increase Shoulders Running Away Free Yourself

Book:Expendable

Source: Expendable

“Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?”

People Ifs World Trying Doe Beautiful Dies Strong Wise Fate Adventure Hero Ugly Boring Clever Invites Save The World Being Beautiful

Book:Ascending

Source: Ascending

About the Author

Born: January 10, 1955
Known for: Fictioneer
Quotes: 19

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