steven baker

“George did not press Joe. He was scared enough himself. If he started to discuss the dangers he might talk himself out of going. He looked around the group. He was pleased to see John Lewis, a quietly impressive theology student who was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the most radical of the civil rights groups.”
― Ken Follett, Edge of Eternity

“first bars of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, New York 2140

“Tadelt nie die Taten der Soldaten, Leuten, die da sterben sollen, Sollt ihr geben was sie wollen, Lasst sie trinken, lasst sie küssen, Denn wer weiß, wie bald sie sterben müssen. Never criticise the acts of soldiers, Those men who are destined to die, Give them all that they wish, Let them drink, let them kiss, For who knows how soon they must die.”
― Rory MacLean, Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries

“I admit it’s fatally dangerous,” Watney said. “But consider this: I’d get to fly around like Iron Man.” “We’ll keep working on ideas,” Lewis said. “Iron Man, Commander. Iron Man.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian