Nicholas Sansbury Smith > Quotes

“Accept your past without regrets. Handle your present with confidence. Face your future without fear.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Hell Divers

“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans. —STEPHEN HAWKING”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs

“War does not determine who is right—only who is left.” —Bertrand Russell”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“The solar wind carried the ejection straight to the Earth’s magnetic field, where it penetrated the upper atmosphere and cut through it like a scalpel through loose skin.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” —Edgar Allen Poe”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“With a swipe from his index finger a hologram of the Sun shot out and hovered over the console. Sophie studied the translucent image carefully. Bright red flames swirled around the perimeter of the ball of energy. She knew better than anyone in the room what they meant. At least theoretically. What they were witnessing was an event scientists had never seen: multiple solar flares followed by a massive coronal mass ejection. There was only one explanation. “That’s impossible,” Henry said under her breath before telling the team what Sophie already knew. “The magnetic disruption is coming from…Mars.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs

“These men weren’t staring because of Fitz’s disability—they were admiring the warrior in front of them.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End

“If one thing was clear, it was that the average American civilian lived under the constant threat of a chemical or biological attack. Even with the strides the government had made over the past two decades with organizing first responder teams, they were all just one accident or attack away from Armageddon. If Gibson had his way, the public would remain in the dark. That’s why Beckham was sitting with a team of ‘ghosts’ in an Osprey. They existed for the sole purpose of making sure the average civilian had no idea just how close they were to the apocalypse.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Horizon

“All it takes is all you got, Marines,” Garcia”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End

“As long as the human race still walked the Earth, there would be evil men and women in positions of power.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Evolution

“He’d learned a long time ago never to trust someone without a sense of humor. Over the years Beckham had grown to know many men in his career that lacked this trait. He’d found it was a good way to judge character.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Horizon

“Reality is only an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” —Albert Einstein”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs

“Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by a few but dependent on the support of many." —B.H. Liddell Hart”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Evolution

“but this war had made Beckham seriously question if his species was a virus of its own.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” —Confucius”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“All warfare is based on deception.” —Sun Tzu, The Art Of War”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“To the betrayers, liars and the thieves; your fate will be waiting in the dark of night, burrowing like a snake. And it will come for you when you least expect it. It always comes when you least expect it.” ~NSS”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” —Mao Tse Tung”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution

“Garcia had served in the Corps for twenty years and seen some awful things—real-life nightmares. He had faced Al Qaeda and the Taliban in The War on Terror, enemies that lacked all aspects of humanity.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Evolution

“Fitz slid his mask into position and pulled his bandana up to cover it. He breathed in, and picked up a distinct sour smell of sweat. It took his mind a moment to grasp that it was from the bandana's previous owner. A piece of Riley was going back out there after all. And so was a piece of Meg. Glancing down, Fitz admired the axe hanging from his belt. He’d sawed the handle down so it would fit over his armor, but that didn’t change the fact it had been Meg’s. She’d held onto it all the way from New York to the GW. When Garcia had given it to him, Fitz had thought he might display it as a memento of her. Then he decided that a better way to honor her memory would be to split some Variant heads with it. He wasn’t much of a religious man, but he did believe the deceased lived on in the hearts and minds of those they left behind. Today, Riley and Meg would join them in battle.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End

“Tears flowed down his face. He could remember so many times he’d been mean to his dad, so many times he’d ignored him or taken him for granted. He wished there was some sort of time machine so he could go back and fix everything.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Red Sands

“We dive so humanity survives.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Hell Divers

“War was a series of decisions with unpredictable outcomes. A single step in the wrong direction could earn you a bullet. Some men could make it all the way up a beach unscathed with thousands of rounds zipping by them. Others might get hit the second they jumped out of the boat. He’d been luckier than most. Maybe luckier than he deserved. “Captain”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Aftermath

“Humans could never return to that poisoned desolate surface. They could never risk landing the airship. It wouldn’t last a day in the radioactive wasteland, or survive the monsters lurking there.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Hell Divers

“Are you ready for your first mission as a made man?”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Sons of War

“Handle your present with confidence. Face your future without fear.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Ghosts

“I’m Ghost 1 on the comms. Garcia is 2, Horn is 3, Fitz is 4, Rico is 5, and Tank is 6. When we land, we stay in close combat intervals. Fitz has point, Tank you’re on rear guard. Keep low to the ground. You spot anything, you signal it. And keep your distance. The juveniles can shoot their venom up to thirty feet. You are not to engage unless it’s a last resort. If you see them, we use our R49 grenades first. Complete radio discipline as soon as our boots hit dirt unless you’re about to get your arms ripped off. Understood?” Beckham spoke in a calm yet authoritative voice. It was a tone everyone respected. The members of Team Ghost all dipped their helmets. Apollo even wagged his tail.”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End

“...his father had taught him how to look for hostiles in a situation just like this. “Create a two-dimensional canvas and divide the terrain horizontally into thirds,”
― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Sons of War