Ruslan Bes

“Rocky admonished me for leaving the sample at (human) room temperature for so long. He had a lot to say on that subject, actually. We had to add “reckless,” “idiot,” “foolish,” and “irresponsible” to our shared vocabulary just so he could fully express his opinion on the matter.

There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“You observe, question?' he asks again.
'No.'
'Observe.'
'You want me to observe you sleep?'
'Yes. Want want want.'
Through unspoken agreement, a tripled word means extreme emphasis.
'Why?'
'I sleep better if you observe.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Fist me!”

I push my knuckles against the xenonite. “It’s ‘fist-bumb,’ but yeah.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Humanity has been accidentally causing global warming for a century. Let’s see what we can do when we really set our minds to it.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary