G.L. Carriger > Quotes

“To pause one’s life for another was a profound gesture of caring. What greater gift can one give another person but time?”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“You’re not writing your own story, you’re living with the disappointment of failing someone else’s outline.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Sumage Solution

“We, the weird and the sideways folk, have always walked the line of rejection. It’s what makes us visionaries. We who are pushed away, to the edge, can see beyond the borders of reality. We frighten the privileged with our possibilities.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Sumage Solution

“Humans were so very good at fucking, so desperate to engage in it, and yet so uncomfortable talking about it.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“We, the weird and the sideways folk, have always walked the line of rejection. It’s what makes us visionaries. We who are pushed away, to the edge, can see beyond the borders of reality. We frighten the privileged with our possibilities.” Bryan”
― G.L. Carriger, The Sumage Solution

“Communication asked for was the nicest thing one creature could do for another. The need to understand was a joy and a gift.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“Mister Montiguous was a diminutive furry creature who happened to miraculously weigh the same as a small asteroid when standing on one's chest. Tris thought dark matter might be involved.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“Marvin cocked his golden head thoughtfully. “So, how deep in the closet are you?”
Alec gave him an expressive look. “Honey, I shit mothballs.”
― G.L. Carriger, Marine Biology

“He will tell the galoi my story. My life away from them. And they will know what I have learned of sock shopping and noodle eating and cat keeping. And they will wonder at the differences in our universe. And because of you, they will see that there can be human somates, and human love and purple penises, and they will maybe talk a little more to humans. They will maybe open up their ships to visitors. And they will maybe consult your doctors for the secrets of human fertility. And they will maybe change. Because that is what zyga is for, in the end. Possibility.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“Elle and Olav had invited him into their bed. He’d declined, of course. Olav was hot, but Tris was not attracted to females, and it was bad form to participate in a sexual encounter with two when he was only interested in one. Everyone knew that. He thought this was likely a universal truth.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“A species that had no word for murder had a murderer aboard their ship.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“He'd never had anyone come apart beneath him like that -- it was so beautiful.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Sumage Solution

“this shirt is a Coda & Zucchero!” Hayden did something important in finance downtown and liked to dress that way.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“security-meets-bodyguard-meets-private-muscles firm, called Heavy Lifting.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Saucebox’s new bouncer smelled amazing – like warm brandy and lemon and nutmeg and freshly killed rabbit”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“His boss was a slight, angular man, with a face both mean and beautiful, black limpid eyes inherited from his Filipino mother, and intricate full-sleeve tattoos that told stories of lost islands in a language Isaac wasn’t meant to comprehend. Xavier preferred his vodka cold and neat, his food fried, and his women leggy. He liked all three expensive and was protective of his passions”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Gladdy was rumored to be in her nineties and Chrys was probably around sixty or”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Saucebox had the general feel of an upmarket gallery, although more mellow lighting. White walls, big art, black dance floor that was a bitch to clean, and mirrors everywhere. No disco balls for Saucebox. Xavier didn’t do kitsch, or cheap, or corny. The lighting was recessed and subtle, except over the bar where the bottles glowed in backlit glory. And everything that needed lighting had it, especially the till, because money and alcohol were taken seriously.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Judd kissed him like it was the punctuation mark at the end of a sentence - a purposeful pause in time and breath. Contemplative and thorough. It had been a really good kiss.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Enforcer Enigma

“Omnivore Special. Tank recognized the color from when he’d had the tour. It was hot sake mixed with tuna water and wheat grass.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Babycakes, I’m always crass and you love me for it.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“Clara was human, so she didn’t understand why she liked Isaac so much.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Omega Objection

“And magic came in many forms.”
― G.L. Carriger, The Sumage Solution

“Tris couldn’t help but trill a bit at the request, inadvertent and relatively soft. Communication asked for was the nicest thing one creature could do for another. The need to understand was a joy and a gift.”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender