Flamboyatron

“Humans believed they thought things consciously when most of the time they were simply rationalizing instinctive reactions as basic as the amoeba’s, and after those reactions had already taken place.”
― Karen Traviss, Halo: Mortal Dictata

“When wars end, all the shit comes tumbling out. People talk, point fingers at each other, reveal things they’ve kept quiet for years.”
― Karen Traviss, Halo: Mortal Dictata

“It is my belief that, as a rule, creatures of Happy’s ilk—I am thinking here of canines and men both—more often run free than live caged, and it is in fact a world of mud and feces they desire, a world with no Art in it, or anyone like him, a place where there is no talk of books or God or the worlds beyond this world, a place where the only communication is the hysterical barking of starving and hate-filled dogs.”
― Joe Hill, 20th Century Ghosts

“the best way to stop worrying about your inevitable demise is to dwell on it morbidly until you’re so bored that you forget it.”
― Karen Traviss, Halo: Mortal Dictata