Colin Alexander > Quotes

“Never underestimate the blindness of leadership”
― Colin Alexander, A Planet of Wrath and Tears: A Leif the Lucky Novel

“Ranks of rectangular tables filled the space, each topped with plastic that was trying to resemble wood, but didn’t.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“What came through equally clearly was that if I did something stupid and died and hadn’t been trained, it would be their fault for not having trained me. On the other hand, I could still do something stupid and die after I had been trained. But as long as I’d had the course, it would be my fault.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“It’s an accumulation. Every day and every thing reminds you that you don’t fit. Starfolk weren’t allowed to be married, or to have kids, but there are so many other obligations that connect a person to their social network and structure. And they haven’t kept up with any of it for twenty-eight years. The profiles from before the starshot and after it are like two different people. These people couldn’t handle it. I’m not sure how many others. It seems to trigger a major depression, even in people selected for personalities that don’t get depressed. I’m calling it Temporal Alienation Syndrome.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. From “Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers”
Muriel Strode, 1903”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“People strap themselves on top of rockets filled with high explosive, touch it off and don’t think twice about it, but God forbid someone might hit their head when the elevator stops. They might call a lawyer.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“In my experience, when you thought you had thought of everything, you hadn’t, but maybe that’s because a lot of my experience was in the army.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky

“Truth is, adrenaline compensates for a lot of risk.”
― Colin Alexander, Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky