Quotes from David Poyer

Not that he cared. He'd given up ambition long ago. No, he was here because he wanted to be, and because the Navy, once in a long while, needed someone who cared more about being right than being an admiral.

That was how long ago?

It is said that God left the northernmost point of the earth unfinished; for, He said, "Whosoever professes he is equal to Me, let him come and complete this land, which I have left unfinished; thus will all know he is My equal." —The Talmud I POSTWAR

Greg Bear, Alan Dean Foster, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle.

Moral judgements are singularly out of place in espionage. —Graham Greene

Boscow squinted. "We've played around on paper. Penn State, the Applied Research Lab, I mean. Wire guidance, or fiber optic, but there's that fucking jet back there.