James Alan Gardner Quotes

• The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

  James Alan Gardner

  Letting Go, Past, Odds

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• Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

  James Alan Gardner

  Choices, Sacred Things, Hydrogen

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.353, Open Road Media

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• You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

  James Alan Gardner

  Running, Weight, Free Yourself

  James Alan Gardner (1997). “Expendable”, p.168, Harper Collins

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• I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.

  James Alan Gardner

  Numbers, People, Poop

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.81, Open Road Media

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• Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum.

  James Alan Gardner

  Vacuums, Universe

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.200, Open Road Media

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• I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.

  James Alan Gardner

  Eerie, Luck, Made

  James Alan Gardner (1997). “Expendable”, p.191, Harper Collins

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• Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

  James Alan Gardner

  Beautiful, Wise, Strong

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

  James Alan Gardner

  Glasses, Toxic, Half

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• That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

  James Alan Gardner

  Leadership, Stupid, Play

  James Alan Gardner (2017). “The League of Peoples Books 1–3: Expendable, Commitment Hour, and Vigilant”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.

  James Alan Gardner

  Worry, Littles, Paranoid

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Trapped”, p.372, Open Road Media

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• Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.

  James Alan Gardner

  Order, Bullshit, Weight

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.23, Open Road Media

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• Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.

  James Alan Gardner

  Adventure, Safety, Comatose

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.182, Open Road Media

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• Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.

  James Alan Gardner

  Hurt, Mistake, People

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Trapped”, p.351, Open Road Media

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• What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?

  James Alan Gardner

  Reality, Thinking, Firsts

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.176, Open Road Media

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• It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

  James Alan Gardner

  People, Strange, Feels

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.37, Open Road Media

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