Adam-Troy Castro > Quotes

“I'm smiling because I know perfectly well what I am and I honestly don't give a damn what you think of me”
― adam-troy castro, Emissaries from the Dead

“Fish held the silence for so long that I had to restrain myself from prodding her. That's never a good idea. Sometimes people hesitate because they don't have the courage to come out with whatever needs to be said; other times they desperately want to speak but can't find the words. Jabbing them prematurely tends to shut them up. Outwaiting them gives them the time to say more than they intend.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Emissaries from the Dead

“Occasionally I glanced at the big blue cradle of civilization hanging in the sky, remembered for the fiftieth or sixtieth or one hundredth time that none of this had any right to be happening, and reminded myself for the fiftieth or sixtieth or one hundredth time that the only sane response was to continue carrying the tune.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Alien Contact

“I don't like you bondsman. But I hate mysteries even more”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Emissaries from the Dead

“I kicked, shouted an obscene word, got another faceful of goo for my troubles, and did the only thing left available to me. I started to laugh. This was a stupid way to die, all right. But also a god damned funny one.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Emissaries from the Dead

“Management's never been interested in really doing the job, not at any point in human history. Management's true agenda has always been making things more pleasant for Management. - Lastogne”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Emissaries from the Dead

“You haven't played a boring game of checkers until you've played the one where the red and black pieces get along. They don't even just one another. They just circle the board and sing.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors

“a team sunk at the end of the first segment stands a good shot of staying alive, or even coming in first, at the leg’s end. And even teams that fall irretrievably far behind, have a chance of catching up to others at a bunching point.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, My Ox Is Broken!: Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from TV's 'The Amazing Race'

“People may think they despise those not as virtuous as themselves, but there’s no end to the reservoirs of wrath we bear for those we know to be better.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories

“Most people think the Race is a sprint, but it’s really not. It’s a marathon. It’s about maintaining a lead, keeping the pace, and doing it the right way.”
― Adam-Troy Castro, My Ox Is Broken!: Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from TV's 'The Amazing Race'