Sci Fi Adventure Quotes

“Let a sleeping dragon lie.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“When you call a ghetto a cordon, does it become a village?”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“The moment when the silence ends is always different, but the look on people's faces when it does that is always the same too.”
― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES

“Sometimes, I think about it – us, together – and everything gets so tight and hot and wound up inside me that I can’t breathe anymore.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Starbreaker

“That unbearable taste. It was as though nothing in the world could ever be the same. Nothing was worth doing. Nothing was worth living for. It was… despair.
I understood. My enemy had both a name and a taste. Despair.”
― Darin C. Brown, The Taste of Despair

“Peace for a hundred years was too big to ignore in a world where there had never been peace.”
― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES

“Out here, the connected stars are far enough apart that between bursts, there’s time to think, time to sleep, and time to write.”
― Steven Decker, MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES

“I guess it all just boiled up a minute ago, like some messed-up accusation soup spiced with… I don’t know…” She shook her head, “Lust and rage?”
“The rage is justified.” I slid her a slow smile. “I can work with lust.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Starbreaker

“Jungle sex,” I panted.
“Let’s go swimming,” Shade said at the same time.
We stared at each other. He grinned like a loon. I blinked and then grinned also.
“I like the way you thing, starshine.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Starbreaker

“Nine seconds.
I kept staring at that number like the tenth second might magically appear if I looked at it long enough.

It didn't.
Nine f---ng seconds.

I've seen people escape handcuffs.
But this?
This was different.

A 49 year old woman who could barely walk had apparently vanished from one of the most advanced, heavily guarded prisons ever built.

Vanished in just nine second

I remember looking at the security chief and laughing.

Not because it was funny.

Because sometimes something is so f---ing impossible that your brain doesn't know what else to do.

Then I opened her file.

Sushana Singh.

Former businesswoman. Former politician. Hacker.

Depending on which government's report you believed, she was a cyberterrorist, a thief, a whistleblower, a political extremist or one of the most dangerous women alive.

She had embarrassed governments, exposed powerful people and stolen information worth billions.

But there was something about her file that bothered me more than her criminal history.

Sushana was disabled.

She couldn't run. Some days, she could barely walk without assistance.

And somehow, this woman had just accomplished what younger, stronger, far more physically capable prisoners couldn't.

The impossible escape.

At least -

that's what we called it.”
― Keith Earvin, PROTEIN: Act 1: The Trigger

“Soon, very soon. Just a couple more hectic days and we’ll be free to have our lives. Then… we get to focus on nothing but family.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Return to Planet Earth: The Star Dreamers: book 2

“Inky blackness was dotted with glimmering spots of light. The slender curve of a pastel blue planet, half-shaded in darkness, loomed in the distance. Space; she was in space.
Despite how illogical it sounded, she was on a spaceship.
Pressing a hand against the glass, she stared out into the unending expanse of space and found herself questioning not just reality but also her sanity. This couldn’t possibly be real. There had to be some sort of explanation.”
― Daniele Kasper, Cut Her Out In Little Stars

“Duboko u ljudskoj podsvijesti postoji nezasitna potreba za logično osmišljenim svijetom. Ali
pravi svijet je uvijek jedan korak s druge strane logike.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Given the right inspiration, mind always beats muscle - brain always beats brawn – always!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“I am the Godfather of determination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“There's nothing more dangerous in the world than an angry scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“We scientists invent things to preserve life, but morons end up using them to take life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“One scratch on Amy, and there'll be earthquake in Italy!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“He felt like he was running on slicksand, and getting nowhere. He had a sinking feeling that he would not be fast enough before the killer struck again.”
― Brett Mumford, The 7th Pre-Light

“More than once, Liuani had heard how a difficult analysis of a scan had been resolved merely by handing it over to Rysal for a second opinion. She was talented in identifying the patterns that others would miss. So in the end, Liuani had to admit to herself that she was inclined to accept that if Rysal said there was something there, then it was likely that there was something there.”
― Brett Mumford, The 7th Pre-Light

“This pattern keeps repeating itself: murders happen, the murderer is caught and confined. They are never successfully rehabilitated, none have ever admitted to remembering or consciously committing any of the murders. The murders stop happening while they are confined, but once they die, within one to one-and-a half cycles, it starts happening again.”
― Brett Mumford, The 7th Pre-Light

“All planets exist for a reason. Some exist to provide various resources in the form of chemical elements, while others harbour life that in some way impact the universe. On Syvopia, we affect the universe through ways of entertainment.”
“Entertainment?” Dean responds in astonishment. “What type of entertainment?”
“The Intergalactic Team Games, of course,” Emperor Pryme says cheerfully. “We provide entertainment for our locals as well as those from other worlds. Our contestants must endure various challenges with high risk and high reward.”
― Ronald Singh, Intergalactic Mind Games

“All planets exist for a reason. Some exist to provide various resources in the form of chemical elements, while others harbour life that in some way impact the universe. On Syvopia, we affect the universe through ways of entertainment.”
“Entertainment?” Dean responds in astonishment. “What type of entertainment?”
“The Intergalactic Team Games, of course,” Emperor Pryme says cheerfully.”
― Ronald Singh, Intergalactic Mind Games

“You know what your options are. You can either fight the good fight with Team Earth-7 and risk being exiled to the Corpse Jungle or be by my side as the empress of Syvopia. The choice is yours. Consider your choices carefully.”
― Ronald Singh, Intergalactic Mind Games

“I understand,” the duke acknowledges. “Humans aren’t perfect and will make mistakes from time to time. Humans can be stubborn and controlling, but I also know humans can be tolerant, caring, and forgiving.”
― Ronald Singh, Intergalactic Mind Games

“Impara a riconoscere la felicità, quando la incontri. Se la riconosci la ricorderai per sempre, ti apparterrà per sempre. Non ti lascerà mai completamente, anche quando saprai che tutto, intorno a te, è destinato a cambiare.”
― Rossella Romano, Immateria

“You were the strongest, most beautiful girl I’d ever seen. I still can’t figure out what I did to get so lucky.”
― Kass Morgan, Homecoming

“In the pursuit of knowledge, there are no limits, no boundaries...only the endless possibilities of a future unwritten.”
― Gemi NiCole

“Ancient Chinese saying: All things are difficult before they are easy. We are here to face obstacles and to conquer them! Conquer them, Yangtze Yan. Conquer them.”
― Mark Dean Stratus, The Mars Debacle

“Ancient Chinese saying: All things are difficult before they are easy. We are here to face obstacles and to conquer them! Conquer them, Yangtze Yan. Conquer them. ¬–from: THE MARS DEBACLE”
― Mark Dean Stratus, The Mars Debacle