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1 " It illuminated a vision Dante could not have imagined in his wildest nightmares, nor Poe in the grasp of an uncontrollable delirium. "
― Alan Dean Foster , Aliens
2 " Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." (Ellen Ripley) "
3 " Get away from her, you! "
4 " Time passes. Horror does not. * "
5 " You know, Burke, I don’t know which species is worse. You don’t see them killing each other for a percentage. "
6 " You always think you can make it up to somebody—later, you know.’ She took a deep breath. ‘But now I never can. I never can. "
7 " My mommy always said there were no such things as monsters. No real ones. But there are. "
8 " As all foot soldiers have known for thousands of years, there’s nothing noble about dying. Only an irritating finality. Once "
9 " As all foot soldiers have known for thousands of years, there’s nothing noble about dying. Only an irritating finality. "
10 " This time she was sure she managed a grin. ‘I can’t figure you, Hicks. Soldiers aren’t supposed to be optimists.’ ‘Yeah, I know. You’re not the first to point it out. I’m a freakin’ anomaly. "
11 " I’ve found that most people do a lot of talking and they wind up not saying very much. Especially adults when they’re talking to children. It’s kind of like they enjoy talking at you but not to you. They want you to listen to them all the time, but they don’t want to listen to you. I think that’s pretty stupid. Just because you’re small doesn’t mean you don’t have some important things to say. "
12 " The girl looked at her so sharply that Ripley was taken aback. The assurance in Newt’s eyes bespoke a hardness that was anything but childish. Her tone was flat, neutral. ‘I don’t want you for a friend.’ Ripley tried to conceal her surprise. ‘Why not?’ ‘Because you’ll be gone soon, like the others. Like everybody.’ She gazed down at the doll head. ‘Casey’s okay. She’ll stay with me. But you’ll go away. You’ll be dead and you’ll leave me alone.’ There was no anger in that childish declamation, no sense of accusation or betrayal. It was delivered coolly and with complete assurance, as though the event had already occurred. It was not a prediction, but rather a statement of fact soon to take place. "
13 " You try kicking some butts here and they’ll eat your leg right off. "
14 " Drake complied. ‘Learned that one in tech class,’ he informed the occupants of the operations bay. ‘Got to make sure you hit the left side only or it doesn’t work.’ ‘What happens if you hit the right side?’ Ripley asked curiously. ‘You overload the internal pressure control, the one that keeps your helmet on your head.’ She could see Drake smiling wolfishly into Frost’s camera. ‘Your eyeballs implode and your brains explode.’ ‘What brains?’ Vasquez let out a snort. "