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Head On (Lock In, #2) QUOTES

Head On (Lock In, #2) QUOTES

1 " This novel took me rather longer than usual to write, for a number of reasons but one big one being simply that 2017 was a raging trash fire of a year, filled with horrible people trying to do horrible things and often succeeding. It’s harder to bear down creatively when the world is burning. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

2 " Your pinky promises sit on a throne of lies, "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

3 " There’s that old saying: Fast, cheap, and good, you get to pick two. The two you just picked are fast and good. Cheap has just left the building. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

4 " But of course not meaning harm isn’t the same as not doing harm. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

5 " It’s a cat,” I said. “If Donut wants to spend time with you he’ll show up in your room and sit on your important things. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

6 " Apparently a ‘go-getter.’” “What does that mean?” “I think it means he was an asshole, just an enthusiastic one who did his job and got things done. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

7 " I looked at Fowler, who had had a bullet applied directly to her forehead. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

8 " They didn’t mean any harm in it. But of course not meaning harm isn’t the same as not doing harm. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

9 " a classic children’s book from Catherynne Valente. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

10 " the protesters weren’t wrong, it is discriminatory, and also, who gives a shit, because it’s not legally discriminatory, and it’s mostly discriminatory on the basis of skill, just like every other major sport. It helps to be more than six feet tall in pro basketball, but there have been enough players who haven’t been, to say skill can compensate. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

11 " Your pinky promises sit on a throne of lies,” Tony said. "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)

12 " Apparently a ‘go-getter.’” “What does that mean?” “I think it means he was an asshole, "

― John Scalzi , Head On (Lock In, #2)