"An invisible line in space, unmarked by anything more than what people believed about it. And that was enough."

"Every revolution needed its mad bombers, apparently."

"“So why do you hate us? If you don’t mind my asking.” “You personally? I don’t. But this conquistador bullshit? It’s …"

"Nothing degraded morale like the sense that the potential for excellence was being denied."

"It’d be a better world if there was always at least one right answer instead of a basket of fucked."

"The universe owed her a little slice of luck like that."

"It was a day with a lot of ways to die packed in it."

"“We’ll get him,” Alex said. “We’ll always get him back.” “Sure we will. Until the time we don’t,” she said. “It’s lik…"

"“The high consul is a very wise, very thoughtful man,” he said. “I have perfect faith that—” “No. Stop. ‘Perfect fait…"

"“Ah! I see what you’re doing,” Alex said. “You’re trying to make flying out to Charon and dodging radiation flares so…"