“Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.”
— Aaron Allston
“The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.”
— Aaron Allston
“Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.”
— Aaron Allston
“If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?”
— Aaron Allston
“When all else fails, complicate matters.”
— Aaron Allston
“I really can’t complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can’t get paid to be smart.”
— Aaron Allston
“Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.”
— Aaron Allston
“There are two types of people in the world, and I’m one of them.”
— Aaron Allston
“The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.”
— Aaron Allston
“I’m content to stand on tradition. I’m even more content to wipe my feet on it.”
— Aaron Allston
“No, they can’t. They can’t be Luke Skywalker.”
— Aaron Allston
“Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.”
— Aaron Allston
“No one pays me to be nice.”
— Aaron Allston
“Life is like an analogy.”
— Aaron Allston
“Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone’s satisfaction.”
— Aaron Allston
“The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won’t walk backwards. A horror fan won’t walk backwards because he knows he’ll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won’t walk backwards because he knows he’ll step on the cat.”
— Aaron Allston
“The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.”
— Aaron Allston
“Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.”
— Aaron Allston
“There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you’ve constructed an entire philosophy of evil.”
— Aaron Allston
“The principle of Sturgeon’s Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.”
— Aaron Allston
“I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas.”
— Aaron Allston
“No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence.”
— Aaron Allston
“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”
— Aaron Allston
“I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.”
— Aaron Allston
“Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.” “No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission.” “We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.”
— Aaron Allston