Harvey knew what he was and what he was best at: He was a noisy son of a bitch and he was good at making things fall down and go boom.

Again I ask permission to be blunt." "Ambassador Abumwe, at this point I cannot imagine you being otherwise.

Okay, that's interesting, Duvall said. So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism?The leftward schism, and no, not a priest.Couldn't handle the celibacy?Leftward priests aren't required...

I had, bluntly, the worst fucking headache I had ever had in my life. I'm trying to think of the best way to describe it. Try this. Imagine a migraine, on top of a hangover, while sitting in a...

Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.

She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be.

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.

What is it like when you lose someone you love? Jane asked. You die, too, I said. And you wait around for your body to catch up. Is that what you're doing now? Jane said. Waiting for your body to...

I'm a 'the glass is half-empty and filled with poison' kind of guy, actually

Remember that the plant wants to eat you, the groundskeeper said. It's not going to let you get away. Don't fight it. Let yourself be eaten. Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm finding your advice...

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

Well, life is like that sometimes", Isabel said. "We learn things too late, and then we don't get to use them.

Wes is Wes, Alastair said. One in every family. I love him, but I think of him as a sarcastic pet.

Cardenia gawked at Rachela I. You're unbelievable. I worked in marketing, Rachela I said. Before I was a prophet. After, too, but we didn't call it that after that point.

he didn't exactly have the "programmer" look to him, if you know what I mean. He'd be the programmer's boss. The one they hated. The one who made them work on holidays.

I seem to be good at speaking the politicians' language," Szilard said. "Apparently there's an advantage around here to being mildly socially retarded, and that's the Special Forces for sure.

Breakfast was amazing, and I say that having been married to a woman who could make a breakfast spread that would have made Gandhi stop a fast.

Imagine waking up and finding your first and last view of the world was a shotgun barrel. That'd be a hell of a life.