Rob

“If the front door is opened," Barris said, "during our absence, my cassette tape recorder starts recording. It's under the couch. It has a two-hour tape. I placed three omnidirectional Sony mikes at three different--" "You should have told me," Arctor said. "What if they come in through the windows?" Luckman said. "Or the back door?" "To increase the chances of their making their entry via the front door," Barris continued, "rather than in other less usual ways, I providentially left the front door unlocked." After a pause, Luckman began to snigger. "Suppose they don't know it's unlocked?" Arctor said. "I put a note on it," Barris said.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“You simply announced," said the Senator, "that you had just been struck by an idea that would clear up this whole mess instantly, beautifully and fairly. And then you looked up in the tree." "Um," said Eliot. He pretended to think, then shrugged. "Whatever it was, it’s slipped my mind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

“I flipped the mask down and raised my leg to kick in the door. “Stop!” Alcibé fairly yelled. “Perhaps a little stealth is in order? At least sneak in and get the drop on them.” I thought about it for a moment. “Nah.” I kicked in the door.”
― Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones

“I'm getting a medal for falling into a pressure hatch, sacrificing an arm and a leg to keep seven sailors from being trapped in a compromised part of the ship. I was unconscious at the time, but that doesn't seem to matter. Heroism is a label most people get for doing shit they'd never do if they were really thinking about it.”
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate