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1 " Sometimes you needed to be an outsider to really appreciate how things worked. "
― Nathan Lowell , Captain's Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #5)
2 " I prefer to make my mistakes on purpose rather than by accident. "
3 " If experience taught me anything, it was that feeling like I had things under control was usually the first symptom of a complete and utter lack of understanding. "
4 " She proceeded with a rather credible and sharply focused verbal flensing that included commentary on parentage, unlikely applications of bodily parts, and ended with imprecations of toxic levels of insectile infestation of certain body cavities. "
5 " Still, there was a better solution lurking in my hind brain. I just needed to pretend I wasn’t looking for it so it would come out. "
6 " Yo ho ho, Mr. Pall. I think it’s time we kicked a few butts, took a few risks, and called the cat rude names.” “We "
7 " I really felt like it was coming together and I regretted that feeling with every step. If experience taught me anything, it was that feeling like I had things under control was usually the first symptom of a complete and utter lack of understanding. It was a lesson I thought I had learned well, but which continued to show me new variations with every iteration. "
8 " I love it when you talk dirty, Captain.” “I "
9 " Sometimes you needed to be an outsider to really appreciate how things worked. Otherwise you took it for granted. "
10 " the shadow from my body creating a window in the reflection, a hole in the room where an empty man stood. "