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“The beauty o’ making yourself a promise is that no one else complains if you break it.”
― A Little Hatred
― A Little Hatred
“What’s your name?’
She planted one elbow on the stretch of counter Zuri had wiped so she could lean closer and draw out both syllables. ‘Savine.’
‘That’s a lovely name.’
‘Oh, if you enjoy the tip, you’ll go mad for the whole thing.’
‘That so?’ he purred at her. ‘How does it go?’
‘Savine… dan…’ And she leaned even closer to deliver the punchline. ‘Glokta.’
If a name had been a knife and she had cut his throat with hers, the blood could not have drained more quickly from his face. He gave a strangled cough, took a step back and nearly fell over one of his own barrels.”
― A Little Hatred
She planted one elbow on the stretch of counter Zuri had wiped so she could lean closer and draw out both syllables. ‘Savine.’
‘That’s a lovely name.’
‘Oh, if you enjoy the tip, you’ll go mad for the whole thing.’
‘That so?’ he purred at her. ‘How does it go?’
‘Savine… dan…’ And she leaned even closer to deliver the punchline. ‘Glokta.’
If a name had been a knife and she had cut his throat with hers, the blood could not have drained more quickly from his face. He gave a strangled cough, took a step back and nearly fell over one of his own barrels.”
― A Little Hatred
“I’m a scientist! Now we’re getting somewhere! Time for me to use science. All right, genius brain: come up with something! …I’m hungry. You have failed me, brain.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Work fast."
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Project Hail Mary
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