"“I don’t appreciate the suggestion that I’m acting irrationally,” he said. “Then don’t act irrationally,” Jane said, “because there will be consequences.”"

"Empires of conquest don’t last, Administrator Perry. They hollow out from within, from the greed of rulers and the endless appetite for war."

"“That’s a nice speech, Trujillo,” Rybicki said. “It doesn’t make it true.” “General, at the moment, I wouldn’t place you as an authority on truth.”"

"“Look,” I said. “Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here.”"

"“This is Major Perry’s house?” “I hope so,” I said. “All his stuff is here.”"

"When you’re a kid, a rural, agriculturally-based colony town is a lot of fun to grow up in. It’s life on a farm, with goats and chickens and fields of wheat and sorghum, harvest celebrations and winter festivals. There’s not an eight- or nine-year-old kid who’s been invented who doesn’t find all of that unspeakably fun. But then you become a teenager and you start thinking about everything you might possibly want to do with your life, and you look at the options available to you. And then all farms, goats and chickens—and all the same people you’ve known all your life and will know all your life—begin to look a little less than optimal for a total life experience. It’s all the same, of course. That’s the point. It’s you who’s changed."

"Eight-year-olds can switch into acquisition mode pretty quickly."

"Sometimes I don’t know if my life is complicated, or if it’s that I just think too much about things."

"I guess I was just hoping there might be a way to do things other than the way that ends up with everyone getting killed."

"“I have drinks,” Hanson said, coming up behind Duvall. “Why, Jimmy,” Duvall said. “That makes you my new favorite person.”"

"Who are you and what medications aren’t you taking?"

"“I have no idea what that means, Nick,” Paulson said. “Talk normal human to me.”"

"“I don’t think it would actually make you happier to be told you were right about this,” he said finally. “I don’t want to be happy,” Dahl said. “I just want to know.”"

"You don’t win by getting through all your life not having done anything."

"“Why ‘threep’? Why ‘clank’? Slang happens.”"

"Unlike Agents Vann and Shane here, who are being wholly disingenuous, you might be speaking out of genuine ignorance and not just your usual levels of casual obstructionism."

"“Do you believe that?” I asked. “It doesn’t matter whether I believe it or not,” Redhouse said."

"I was pretty certain my dad was not up to no good, running for senator notwithstanding."

"“I don’t know,” Davidson said. “Maybe it’s not about politics. Maybe these guys are just assholes.” “Seems the simplest explanation,” I said."

"You are better at small talk than I am. That is not always a compliment."

"He’s almost certainly planned for the contingency of being caught. He’s rich and he’s got more lawyers than some countries have people."

"People say it is inappropriate for me to get arrested in uniform, but to me it is the validation of all that I signed up to do. I say what I had to go through is what tarnishes the uniform more than anything."

"One thing that is clear, it's all downhill from here."

"Holding on too long is just a fear of letting go."

"Not everything that goes around comes back around, you know."

"With my toes on the edge, it's such a lovely view."

"It's only falling in love because you've hit the ground."

"Pieces were stolen from me Or dare I say, given away."

"I blow my load over the status-quo, here we go."

"I survived I speak, I breathe I'm incomplete I'm alive, hooray! You're wrong again, 'cause I feel no love."

"Does anyone ever get this right? I feel no love."

"I want God to come and take me home, 'cause I'm all alone in this crowd."

"Time wounds all the heals, as we fade out of view."

"Silence is closer We're passing ships in the night."

"If life but a dream, then WAKE ME!'"

"I'm gonna suture up my future."

"I don't care if it hurts, just so long as it's real."

"If ignorance is bliss, then I'm in heaven now."

"It's truly a lie, I counterfeit myself."

"Never again will I repeat myself Enough is never enough Never again will I repeat myself."

"It's just like diamonds in shit."

"You say bigger's better, but bigger's bigger."

"From the moment you said, "Why haven't you kissed me yet" I knew I'd wipe that paint from your lips."

"Open up your mouth, touch your lips to mine, That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death and survive."

"You don't find your way, the way finds you."

"I want a new mistake, lose is more than hesitate."

"Close your eyes, and see the skies are falling."

"It's all my head, I know Or so they tell me so."

"You live 'till you die."