Felicia Watson > Quotes

“No, I can see that you’re right. I guess it’s like if
someone hurts you and you hit back at them even harder without trying to figure out what happened in the first place, then you just set up this endless cycle of hurt.” Decker had seemed to be talking to the table but at this point she gave a quick glance at the captain. “And nobody wins that.”
― Felicia Watson, We Have Met the Enemy

“But we’re getting ahead of ourselves – we don’t even
know if Decker would agree to take this on. What we’re proposing is definitely dangerous and, let’s face it, a little bit crazy.”
“And at this point unauthorized,” Bastié added.
“Great,” Tal said. “Dangerous, crazy, and unauthorized
– those are her three favorite things.”
― Felicia Watson, Spooky Action at a Distance

“Decker added, “It’s all true. You can ask VICI about it, if you want.”
“No, I believe you. Man’s inhumanity to man has a long history.”
“Maybe we shouldn’t have found it so hard to believe
that they came from us.”
Once again, Lindstrom couldn’t deny her perceptivity.
“Maybe not.”
Just then, the timing buzzer sounded letting them know that they were free to try the airlock again. Both came out clean this time, or rather, clean of what an air shower could wash away.”
― Felicia Watson, We Have Met the Enemy

“What say you, Commander?” he asked Lindstrom.
“Oh, why not?” Nils answered, throwing up a hand.
“Taking directions from sentient pixie dust was the last open square on my bingo card of space weirdness.”
― Felicia Watson, Spooky Action at a Distance

“I believe it’ll happen – one way or another.” Naiche looked around at the room full of friends and family. “If life has taught me one thing – and let’s face it, it hasn’t taught me much more than that….” Over Con’s chuckles, she continued, “…it’s that as long as you’re still breathing, there will be plenty of chances coming your way. The trick is being smart enough to grab the right ones.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning

“Have you ever been in love?”
“Oh God, no.” Stein gave him a speculative look, asking,
“Why? Have you?”
“Yes.” Matt almost left it there but felt compelled to add,
“Once.”
“Ah, Ricci, you can still surprise me after all these years.
What happened?”
“It ended.”
“Badly?” She seemed genuinely curious.
Matt shifted his gaze away from her before finally
answering, “Is there any other way for love to end?”
― Felicia Watson, We Have Met the Enemy

“No, my mother died when I was ten. She was a Corps diplomat and was murdered trying to negotiate a truce with the enemy.”
“The enemy in that war you fought in?”
“Yes. It’s why I joined up. I was young and naïve and somehow thought I could avenge her death.”
“You couldn’t because you lost the war?”
“No, we won – but there’s no vengeance to be found in war. Turns out, it doesn’t work that way.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Good. I hope you never do.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning

“Later, when he bade his daughter good-night, Ricci understood for the first time, that as hard as it was to have to live with your own mistakes, watching your child make the same one would be even more heart-breaking.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning

“Zache watched in expectant silence as he struggled for the words to explain himself. Finally, in an
uncertain tone, he ventured, “I guess…when you’ve kept a secret for a long time, somehow keeping it becomes more important than the secret itself.”
― Felicia Watson, Spooky Action at a Distance