“What we don't know can't hurt us.”
Source: Old Man's War
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Famous John Scalzi Quotes
“It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.”
Source: Lock In
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.”
“Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.”
“The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.”
“Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.”
“Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.”
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.”
Source: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
“When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.”
Source: Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future
“The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat”
Source: The Last Colony
“If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.”
Source: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
“I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.”
Source: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
“I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.”
“I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.”
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.”
Source: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
Source: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.”
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.”
“I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.”
“I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti”
Source: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
Source: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
“Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us.”
Source: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
Source: Old Man's War Boxed Set I
“Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.”
“We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole.”
Source: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
“If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.”