Caleb Mattson

“The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate.

Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me?”
― Joe Haldeman, The Forever War

“I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.”
― Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”
― Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog

“We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.”
― Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye