Ginger Booth > Quotes

“Interesting fact: Though the Calm Act was unprecedented in stripping U.S. citizens of their basic Constitutional freedoms, it was surprisingly well-received in most areas of the country. In particular, its Internet censorship managed to kill off spam and trolling on the social networks. The sharing of cat videos continued undisturbed. For”
― Ginger Booth, Dust of Kansas

“Don’t fight self-criticism. Agree with it, let it go, and take the next right step. Then the next one. You can’t see them until you reach them. So don’t think. Do.”
― Ginger Booth, Thrive Earth Rematch

“I’m not good for much except telling people to shut up and calm down. But I’ve got to make it count for something. So I try.”
― Ginger Booth, Spaceship Thrive

“Cope sighed. Ben’s ‘frill’ fixation was one of those no-win marital traps, like ‘does this make me look fat?”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive

“Eight billion people agree, this is the greatest show on Earth. Not many volunteers to leave early.”
― Ginger Booth, End Game

“Some will die, and say a glorious ‘fuck you!’ on the way out, eh?”
― Ginger Booth, End Game

“conurbation”
― Ginger Booth, Tsunami Wake

“Rule of thumb. When you’re mad, wait three days. Don’t talk to anybody.”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive

“I don’t require air, Nico.” But that sounded surly. Ordinarily the emu did use a small air bladder for enunciating b’s and p’s and blowing raspberries.”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive

“Ever notice that? He doesn’t hold anything against anybody. It just means he’s frustrated that he can’t explain it right. Not that he’s mad. Lot of guys like that in blue collar work. He likes you fine.”
― Ginger Booth, Interplanetary Thrive

“Don’t break the toy,” she growled back. Unlike her feckless lover, she’d endured Sass’s punishment for ship-damaging idiocy before. Sass didn’t yell. The captain favored an intense guilt trip and treating the miscreant as a dim-witted two-year-old. The chief engineer’s pound of flesh was even worse.”
― Ginger Booth, Starship Thrive

“Flocks of tiny violins must cry for you somewhere.”
― Ginger Booth, Ringship Prosper

“Agoraphobia set in. That’s ridiculous, she thought, then thought better of it. Even paranoids have real enemies.”
― Ginger Booth, Skyship Thrive

“Their shades called to me from watery graves.”
― Ginger Booth, The Calm Act Books 1-3

“Unlike the deer meat, this reached the table still shaped like fish, though its flavor and stringy texture reminded her of a mild and oily rhubarb.”
― Ginger Booth, Sylvan Thrive

“But the rewards of success are so very high. And the cost of trying not so much.”
― Ginger Booth, Spaceship Thrive

“Wilder was never much for mechanics. His forte was brawn and personality.”
― Ginger Booth, Interplanetary Thrive

“Fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke,”
― Ginger Booth, Feral Recruit

“Poldark,”
― Ginger Booth, Skyship Thrive

“Apologize because you owe it. If you expect a reward, you’re not doing it right.”
― Ginger Booth, Ringship Prosper

“Kassidy was a tornado-grade slob in the bedroom quadrant, a chaotic clutter of unmade bed, discarded clothes, and unfamiliar objects. She pointed out a slightly clearer”
― Ginger Booth, Skyship Thrive

“60% of our presentations had to be feel-good, positive, pro-American, and 40% negative, critical, or ‘concerning.”
― Ginger Booth, End Game

“Despite the undeniably wonderful romantic weekend, rich with learning opportunities and Adam’s delicious company, I never wanted to travel again in my life.”
― Ginger Booth, End Game

“Divorce sucks. Married life is you, me, and us. Then you break up, and suddenly two thirds of you is missing.”
― Ginger Booth, Feral Recruit

“You know, that’s the first time on Mahina I’ve ever been rained on. By the time you’re my age, it’ll reach the ground. Took a hundred and thirty-three years to build that cloud.”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive

“Interesting fact: The full text of the Calm Act has never been published. Given the length and prose style of U.S. legislation of the period, the public was not overly concerned. They wouldn’t have read it anyway.”
― Ginger Booth, Feral Recruit

“Tarana, leader of the Denali expedition, had a motto: Fail fast!”
― Ginger Booth, Sylvan Thrive

“Floki interrupted his thoughts. “Are you plotting how to reprogram me without my consent? I consider that rape.”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive

“They didn’t even have interior walls and rooms in this dome, merely bamboo thickets and emotional distance between parties.”
― Ginger Booth, Starship Thrive

“The guys parked the sleds – left them hanging in mid-air, or mid-airless”
― Ginger Booth, Sentient Thrive