Mark L. Van Name > Quotes

“Just my luck: My bloodthirsty killing machine was better with both kids and women than I was.”
― Jon in "Slanted Jack" by Van Name

“Of course," Lobo said. "It's not like this is my first dance, and it's not as if you've cornered the market on paranoia.”
― Mark L. Van Name, Children No More

“Please recall that she rescued you from torture not so many years ago, and do try to be nice" Lobo
I remembered, but the last thing I wanted was social coaching from a killing machine. Jon”
― Mark L. Van Name, Children No More

“I thought about Franks' mistake and how easy it was to assume the wrong thing—and then pay dearly.”
― Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead

“Their little brains—and I use the term charitably, really what little capacity they possess amounts more to computing clumps than actual brains—find nothing more fascinating or conversation-worthy than the amount of dust that has accumulated since the last cleaning, or, if it's a particularly exciting day, how a group of them might best cooperate to nudge an especially large piece of trash into a receptacle.”
― Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead