Craig Martelle > Quotes

“Being deeply loved brings you strength, while loving deeply gives you courage.”
― Craig Martelle, Fallacy

“When the dust settles and we look back,
will we be okay with what we see?"
End Times Alaska by Craig Martelle”
― Craig Martelle, Endure

“Being ready for war is not the same as making war, or liking it, young human. Make war as a last resort.”
― Craig Martelle, The Free Trader of Warren Deep

“We celebrate every single day that we’re alive because of those who have paid the price for us. Never forget.”
― Craig Martelle, Nomad's Force

“You will never be able to push a button and kill people. You will not avoid the horrors. War must be so terrible that people will do almost anything to avoid it. It must be the last resort and in this case, it is, but that decision can only be made by the ones with the most to lose, not someone sitting safely in an underground facility, watching it on the monitors."
Free Trader 4 - Battle for the Amazon, by Craig Martelle”
― Craig Martelle

“You only need one man to love you. But him to love you free like a wildfire, crazy like the moon, always like tomorrow, sudden like an inhale and overcoming like the tides. Only one man and all of this.” He looked to Char, “I quote the immortal words of C. JoyBell C.” “Touché, crazy man,” Char conceded.”
― Craig Martelle, Terry Henry Walton Chronicles Complete Series Omnibus

“Nothing will bring the Fleet to its knees quicker than a good-intentioned bureaucrat.” –From the memoirs of Fleet Admiral Thaylon Loore”
― Craig Martelle, Battleship Leviathan

“That’s pretty harsh, Lev. We’re the good guys.” “Are you?” Lev’s simple question gave the admiral pause.”
― Craig Martelle, Battleship Leviathan

“I am Wu’qir’os, Destiny’s Messenger. Alana only needed to know where her life would take her. Anticipation of the unknown causes most of the grief in people’s lives. Not everyone can focus entirely on the present, enjoy what life has to offer at this very moment. That is what we bring to those who find sanctuary on Azfelius.”
― Craig Martelle, The Interview

“I’ll give it my best. I will not be a liability, but I won’t be cannon fodder either. Don’t make me tell you all to fuck off. I don’t like saying ‘fuck off,’ much less actually meaning that you can fuck off, but if fuck off you must, then fuck off you will. I consider you all to be my friends, of which I don’t have very many. Don’t make me tell you to fuck off. It would hurt me more than you fuck-offs.” Rivka’s mouth fell open. Red stared. Lindy smiled. Jay and Floyd giggled. Lindy was the first to speak. “You fit right in, Doc. Dump your gear, and we’ll set you up with body armor.” “Chaz,” Rivka started, “take us out, please. Destination is Elgar 7.” “Body armor?” Tyler asked. “Body armor,” Red confirmed.”
― Craig Martelle, Slave Trade

“Freedom means choosing what you want and living with the consequences of your decisions.”
― Craig Martelle, Slave Trade

“That’s your fault since they are your troops, so fix your shit and get it done yesterday!” “I get it, sir, but gosh! You guys are kind of mean,” the lieutenant persisted. “You need to get over that. No one is being mean since if you all die, I die. I don’t want to die, so I’m going to do something about it right now. That means creating a harsh environment within which a force learns to operate. If you want to be the baddest motherfucker on the battlefield, you have a high bar to reach. You aren’t always going to have a soft bed and a congenial enemy.”
― Craig Martelle, The Bad Company Complete Series Omnibus: Books 1 - 7

“They’re just words. What’s in people’s hearts, that is what matters. It’s what people do, not how they say what they say.”
― Craig Martelle, Deception

“too. Let them go, and we’ll be out of your hair. All we want is our”
― Craig Martelle, Live Fire

“When’s the best time to plant a tree?” Pekrov asked. “Twenty years ago, but the second best time is today.”
― Craig Martelle, Torch the Sky

“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class; it is the cause of all sentient creatures. It is their very birthright. Each and every one, Master Dee. Freedom is predetermined within the souls of the living. Even those born to slavery who know nothing of freedom yearn for it.”
― Craig Martelle, Dispute

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.”
― Craig Martelle, Slave Trade

“Between now and that vision is the time of shaping and honing. First, you must understand what needs to be done. Second, you must do it. Today, during the inspections, you’ll set up tents and cots in the physical training yard, and you’ll move into those quarters, where you’ll remain for the duration of this phase of training. Plan for a month.” The”
― Craig Martelle, The Bad Company Complete Series Omnibus: Books 1 - 7

“We’d pay for rehabilitation if it worked, but the recidivism rate is too high. None of the training or touchy-feely programs work with any semblance of reliability.”
― Craig Martelle, Serial Killer

“We should write a subconscious routine, one that runs in the background to explore questions from a non-logical standpoint. Is that what the subconscious does? Dennicron asked. I don’t know. That’s why I suggested we study it more.”
― Craig Martelle, The Interview

“Slavers disgust me much more than murderers. They steal someone’s life over and over. Every day that person remains the property of another is another day of torment.”
― Craig Martelle, Slave Trade

“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”
― Craig Martelle, Leviathan's Last Battle

“It took both of them to sustain each other. Gene understood the harmony”
― Craig Martelle, Terry Henry Walton Chronicles Complete Series Omnibus

“I’ve told you about this. It was fucking hot. Not just a little bit. Not uncomfortable-hot, but kill-you-hot.” “You’ve told me, but I like how you get so defensive every time you talk about it. It’s sexy when men have a weakness.” “And women have to save me from it?” “It’s what we’ve been doing since the beginning of time, my invincible star warrior.” She wrapped her arms around his neck, encouraging him to smile. “I was raised to believe that men were the providers and could never show vulnerabilities. We have to be the pillar of strength, the bedrock on which the family is built,” he tried to explain. “But if you know that isn’t true, why do you persist?” “It’s not an easy habit to break,” he admitted. “I’m trying. Give me that much, and as long as you and Rivka keep reminding me, we’ll get to where it will be second nature. And then if we ever have kids, we’ll raise them differently. Mom and Dad, out there side by side blasting the ever-living shit out of bad guys.” Lindy chuckled. “Nice image.” She met Red’s eyes and looked deeply into them. “Weren’t you the one who said the men had the women outnumbered on Peacekeeper? You, Chaz, Hamlet, Ankh, and Erasmus. Something like that. Five to three. ‘We are manly men!’” Red liked the way Lindy’s eyes sparkled when she was giving him a hard time. She was making a valid point, though. He had said those very words. “Hamlet is the manliest of us all. That cat doesn’t give a shit.” “And what’s this bit about kids? I’m not even sure I’ll let you be my boyfriend.” He brushed the hair from beside her eye and tucked it behind her ear. With the tip of his finger, he slowly and lightly traced the outside of Lindy’s ear.”
― Craig Martelle, Serial Killer

“If we’re the only ones armed, we’ll be safest,”
― Craig Martelle, Serial Killer

“I keep going off on tangents—important tangents, mind you, but still…”
― Craig Martelle, Release Strategies: Plan your self-publishing schedule for maximum benefit

“Tyler was reading the latest LMBPN title but put it down to watch her.”
― Craig Martelle, Adverse Possession

“We do everything together,” Terry told Char. “It’s no fun any other way,” she answered, wondering what he was talking about.”
― Craig Martelle, Terry Henry Walton Chronicles Complete Series Omnibus

“For Bethany Anne, it was simple: she hated bullies. The Kurtherians had been a race of bullies. When they collided with BA, the very stars eventually shuddered at the impact.”
― Craig Martelle, Gateway To The Universe: In Bad Company

“Gotta go before I get all shmoopy.”
― Craig Martelle, Leviathan's Last Battle