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1 " Just a bunch of people who happen to work in the same place. No unity. No interdependence. It becomes easy to beat up on each other. Easy to have a ‘what’s in it for me’ attitude. "
― Nathan Lowell , Double Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #4)
2 " I’m green, Mel,” I said with an answering grin of my own. “But I’m not totally stupid. "
3 " Sar, you did pass your psych eval, right?”“Barely,” I admitted. “They were concerned that I might be too sane to be an officer at first, but I convinced them I was psychotic enough. "
4 " It’s almost time for dinner mess. Shouldn’t you be heading in that direction?”“Yes, sar, I was just waiting to see if you’d fall down when you let go of the ladder rail, sar. It’s not often you get to see an officer fall over from ‘a little disagreement’ and I thought it might be instructive, sar. "
5 " Here thar be dragons, I thought. And those dragons will bite you in the butt. "
6 " Now that school’s out, the real lessons begin.” His eyes closed and he added, “Learn them early and learn them well. Remediation is painful. "
7 " Nothing, Ms. Jaxton, just talking to myself again. Sometimes I do it out loud.” “They tell me that’s not a symptom of insanity unless you’re surprised by your answers, sar. "