R.M. Olson > Quotes

“Or maybe they’d been as blind as he had, as a young student. As blind, or as willfully stupid.”
― R.M. Olson, Insider Threat

“I heard you kissing her, you know. Back in the apartment, before we almost got blown up. You’re pretty loud kissers.”
― R.M. Olson, Insider Threat

“It wasn’t a good plan. But then, they’d passed the point of good plans a long, long time ago.”
― R.M. Olson, Jailbreak

“There wasn’t enough nope in the system to describe her feelings about this jungle.”
― R.M. Olson, Zero Day Threat

“The chairs were upholstered in wine-red fabric that looked as soft as a warm bath, their legs the buttered glow of polished wood,”
― R.M. Olson, Trojan Horse

“But the thing was, people weren’t like that. You couldn’t take away someone’s humanity, no matter how much you tried. People were still people, no matter what you did to them, and the only people who lost their humanity were the ones who gave it away freely trying to take someone else’s.”
― R.M. Olson, Trojan Horse

“She grinned at him. “I was going to help. But then you got distracted, and you looked like you were enjoying yourself. Mamochka always says, don’t interrupt a person who’s enjoying themself, because life is short and enjoyment doesn’t last.”
― R.M. Olson, Time Bomb

“Suggest conscripted street children used for first-cohort tests. If successful, and if mortality rate within acceptable limits, suggest scale up to student body. Students without parental or other influence first choice. Will create list of acceptable subjects.” If mortality rate within acceptable limits.”
― R.M. Olson, Insider Threat

“Either there was something the krestnaya wanted his help with, or he was going to be murdered. He wasn’t entirely certain which, and at this point it was beginning to seem like the two things were relatively interchangeable.”
― R.M. Olson, Firewall

“He wasn’t entirely certain he’d ever figure Jez out. For someone who, on the surface, seemed so entirely uncomplicated, he was never exactly sure what she’d do next. Although, a part of him whispered, he could probably make a fairly good guess by thinking of the most outrageous reaction he could imagine to any given situation, and then multiplying it by a factor of ten.”
― R.M. Olson, Time Bomb

“If you weren’t afraid of something you were about to do, you probably weren’t living hard enough.”
― R.M. Olson, Time Bomb

“But I don’t blame him for liking Jez. She’s something special.” Ysbel snorted loudly. “Well, yes, she is. Depending on how you define that word.”
― R.M. Olson, Trojan Horse