Andrew van Aardvark > Quotes

“You can’t beat the barbarians by being a barbarian; those that long for the fruits of being civilized will abandon you. You will become just one lost tribe among many.”
― Andrew van Aardvark, Katie Kincaid Admiral

“He had to be honest with himself. One needed to project confidence to avoid becoming prey to outsiders and to help maintain the morale of insiders, but when evaluating possibilities, one had to have the toughness and mental adaptability to see what was, not what one wanted. He’d long since come to the conclusion that most people believed what they wanted to. That they believed what made them comfortable and happy.”
― Andrew van Aardvark, Cold Stars, Free Trades Evil

“When everything is going well, nobody notices the effort that goes into it.”
― Andrew van Aardvark, Katie Kincaid Ensign

“Everyone has flaws and limitations, and there was such a thing as plain bad luck. But in the main good, and in the main, they managed to muddle through okay. The same with the system, or rather systems. People were better off working together. Doing so in more than small groups wasn’t natural, but it paid off and so over time people had worked out systems for it. The systems weren’t perfect, and sometimes not fair, but overall everyone was better off for them.”
― Andrew van Aardvark, Katie Kincaid Candidate