Diane Carey > Quotes

“A ship doesn't look quite the same from inside, does it? A wise sailor,' Robert said, fanning his arms, 'will one time stand upon the shore and watch his ship sail by, that he shall from then on appreciate not being left behind.' He grinned and added, 'Eh?'

George gave him a little grimace. 'Who's that? Melville? Or C.S. Forrester?'

It's me!' Robert complained. "Can't I be profound now and again?'

Hell, no.'

Why not?'

Because you're still alive. Gotta be dead to be profound.'

You're unchivalrous, George.”
― Diane Carey, Best Destiny

“Can you believe it? They made me an ensign."
"I didn't realize that things were going so bad."
"Scary, isn't it?”
― Diane Carey, Sacrifice of Angels

“Finally there would be total unity within the Federation, the first step toward people’s being at home on any planet instead of only one. The principle from the old United States, basically; it didn’t matter if you were raised in Vermont and lived in California. You were still home, still American. If your name was Baird or Yamamura or Kwame, you weren’t necessarily loyal to Scotland, Japan, or Ghana, but to America. A few decades of space travel, and the statement became “I’m a citizen of Earth,” and no matter the country. This ship was that kind of first step. Whether born on Earth or Epsillon Indii VI, you were a citizen of the Federation. The children on this colony Enterprise would visit the planets of the Federation and feel part of each, welcome upon all. This starship was the greatest, most visionary melting pot of all, this spacegoing colony. Unique. Hopeful. Risky.”
― Diane Carey, Ghost Ship

“The captain regarded his bridge and its people and their task with the stateliness of a bird on a bough. Not a bird of prey, though, this captain. This one could soar in any direction, whichever way duty demanded. Not a large man or even an imposing one—a task he left to his first officer—the captain was at times unobtrusive, the bird hiding in the foliage, watching, never seen until those great wings suddenly spread. Those around him knew this could happen at any moment, this sudden peeling off across the bridge panorama like a lean sky thing. Even in repose, his presence kept them alert.”
― Diane Carey, Ghost Ship

“The ships, ever bigger, ever more powerful, ever more majestic, were the badge of spirit for mankind.

At least... sailors think so.

For bakers, it's the bread that rises in their ovens that mankind should pay attention to.”
― Diane Carey, Ghost Ship

“Captain’s log, Stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man … where no one has gone before.” Captain James Kirk Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”
― Diane Carey, Flashback

“Several bad seconds passed. For this brief period, we didn’t understand each other at all.”
― Diane Carey, Aliens: DNA War

“They’ve expressed a well thought-out, reasonable desire to die.” “And?” “And I think that should be respected.” “Does that mean acted upon? Come on, doctor, don’t make me grill you.” “You mean, would I do it? Captain, let me put it this way. I’ve found that suffering can be mental and that it does no one any good.” “Would you,” he repeated, “do it?” She straightened her shoulders. “Yes.”
― Diane Carey, Ghost Ship

“A Captain can be right, and a Captain can be wrong, but a Captain can never be indecisive.”
― Diane Carey

“Is it logical,” Kirk said, using the word cannily, “to assume the ship was stolen by a full-capacity crew?” “No, sir.” Spock tipped his head. “Her crew complement is five hundred. The odds against so many people developing leftist attitudes simultaneously, at one starbase, without a leak, are nine thousand—” “About the same odds as your giving us an answer without decimal points,” McCoy barbed. “I think we’ve been baited.”
― Diane Carey, Dreadnought!

“Geordi liked to call Data’s subdominant hemisphere—the part of his brain that was organic, the part of his personality that let him be subjective.”
― Diane Carey, Ghost Ship

“How’d you do that?” Riker gasped as he followed Scott out into the dim corridor. “Oh, you’d have to take my course in alternative signals at the academy. New term starts in September.” “Scotty, you’re a miracle worker.” “No, lad, I’m an engineer.”
― Diane Carey, Ship of the Line

“Kirk you son of a dirty, lying, sidewinding—somebody cut me off before I say something I’ll have to apologize to him for.”
― Diane Carey, The Great Starship Race

“Diversity is not possible in the homogeneous environment of Vulcan. We can preach diversity, but we cannot experience it if we reject that which is diverse. Logic is linear, Ensign. Life is not.”
― Diane Carey, Flashback