Ryk Brown > Quotes

“It is easier to live a lie in peace than to die for the truth. As long as life is good, most of them simply do not care.”
― Ryk Brown, Freedom's Dawn

“The one truth he knew above all else was that faith had no power unless it was chosen freely.”
― Ryk Brown, The Frontiers Saga: Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

“In the end you only answer to yourself!”
― Ryk Brown, The Expanse

“Better a sword than an empty hand when you set off to slay the dragon.”
― Ryk Brown, Freedom's Dawn

“all anyone truly owns is their reputation, and that nothing speaks of one’s reputation than one’s own deeds.”
― Ryk Brown, The Weak and the Innocent

“it’s not about being right and knowing all the answers. It’s about making the call.”
― Ryk Brown, The Frontiers Saga: Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

“All right, then. As strange an order as it may seem, take us to the hideout, Commander,” Nathan ordered.”
― Ryk Brown, The Frontiers Saga: Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

“My father once told me that life itself was the best education. But just living it wasn’t enough. You had to keep your eyes and ears open, and on occasion, take the time to reflect upon your experiences, both big and small, for every one of them has something to teach you.”
― Ryk Brown, A Show of Force

“It ain't life that left you no choice, its honor!”
― Ryk Brown, Rise of the Corinari

“Faith has no power unless chosen freely”
― Ryk Brown, The Legend of Corinair

“The ship rumbled as they rode out the last few minutes of their tenth and final braking burn on approach to Tau Ceti Five. Jack looked down at the display at the center of his forward console. He didn’t like the numbers he was seeing, and a discreet glance to his right told him that his pilot didn’t like them either. “A little fast, Lynn?” he asked. She responded with only a nod, her concentration focused on the task at hand. Jack turned his head slightly toward the rear of the flight deck, as if to speak to his engineer. It was a completely unnecessary gesture, since everyone was required to wear their comm-sets during any condition other than green. “Frank, what’s our estimated velocity at the end of the burn?”
― Ryk Brown, Arrival

“facility. It is the same for the other national leaders.”
― Ryk Brown, A Show of Force

“You fire, and you keep firing until you lose acquisition, or the target is destroyed.” “Yes, sir,”
― Ryk Brown, A Rock and a Hard Place

“The first time, you’re just scared out of your mind, and if you are well-trained, that training kicks in and saves your ass. But the next time, and the time after that, and the time after that… Well, that’s when the changes take place. That’s when you develop instinct. That’s when you develop insight. That’s when you develop the ability to see all possible outcomes in the blink of an eye, and make near instantaneous decisions… Decisions that win battles. That’s”
― Ryk Brown, For the Triumph of Evil

“Most of us are not aware of our destiny until it is right in front of us.”
― Ryk Brown, Head of the Dragon

“eyes.” “Which will be made less effective by the midafternoon sun reflecting off the water.”
― Ryk Brown, Liberation

“we all gotta play to our strengths.”
― Ryk Brown, Aurora: CV-01

“Attention”
― Ryk Brown, The Legend of Corinair

“Open the bay doors, Hal,”
― Ryk Brown, That Which Other Men Cannot Do

“Just do your best and leave the rest to fate. That’s all that fate can demand of anyone.”
― Ryk Brown, Sanctuary

“reverting back to”
― Ryk Brown, Evolution

“If the people refuse to rise in opposition to governments and policies they oppose, then they must accept the responsibilities of their failures to do so,” Vladimir insisted. Nathan”
― Ryk Brown, For the Triumph of Evil

“say the least, that this strategy remained so effective. So dumbed-down were the masses that they would believe any half-truth that their leaders spewed, as long as it agreed with their own sentiments.”
― Ryk Brown, Rescue

“a leader—should do whatever is necessary to see that old men such as yourself, men who refuse to face the inevitable changes that progress will always bring, are removed from power and not allowed to destroy the futures of our children for the sake of the memories of their own glorious pasts.”
― Ryk Brown, Who Takes No Risk

“Does there always have to be a benefit… a reward for doing the right thing?” Suvan”
― Ryk Brown, A Show of Force

“For a moment there, I was starting to think you had matured.” “Never going to happen,”
― Ryk Brown, Aurora: EV-01

“the blue-white flash washed over the bridge,”
― Ryk Brown, I Am Justice

“It was that moment, that one perfect moment, that simple clarity of purpose that quickly brought all of the people of Earth together in a way that had never been done before.”
― Ryk Brown, Aurora: CV-01

“If there is something you can do about it, do it. If not, worrying about it isn’t going to help. It’s”
― Ryk Brown, Escalation

“saying…”
― Ryk Brown, Head of the Dragon