Alan

“So do it. I'll handle this-'' He winced as a chair flung by Hawkshaw broke across his back. ''I'll handle-'' He winced as a spinning bottle struck his shoulder, shattering on impact. ''I'll-'' A second bottle smashed against the back of his head. ''Oh for fuck's sake,'' he swore. ''Go save the world, will you?”
― Nicholas Eames, Bloody Rose

“If there was a chink in 'Putumee's psychological armour it was in the vicinity of his ego.”
― William C. Dietz, Halo: The Flood

“I miss you," she whispered, "I miss you so much." Her tears fell, sobs racking her, she finally felt alone enough to let it all out. She sobbed kneeling before the great expanse of nothing, before fields of clouds colored red by the fire that consumed the sky. Let it burn, she thought. Let it all burn if it burns away the hurt as well.”
― David Dalglish, Skyborn

“But the narrow confines of the passageway again made it that much easier to kill the parasitic life-forms, and five minutes later the human walked up a ramp on the other side of the metal door to find that the Monitor was there, humming to himself.
'Oh, hello! I'm a genius.'
'Right. And I'm a Vice Admiral”
― William C. Dietz, The Flood