Quotes About Challenge

Well, Lily, we must go through a little dreadfulness, that's a fact: no road to any good knowledge is wholly among the lilies and the grass; there is rough climbing to be done always.

Part of being open to learning is taking risks!

Everything we're doing is freakin' iffy. That's what makes it so much fun.

Some people would say bullshit is the grease that gets people through life," Weather said. "Other people," Letty said. "Not me.

argued that depression is a terrible word for the affliction. Should be called something like mindstorm. Still, Lucas's intuition told him that mindstorms didn't just show up: they needed something to chew on.

lost a tire. He didn't take the time to worry

Scratching their fingernails on blackboards of futility.

floor, his chest

Give me the goddamn names, Grace," Lucas said. "C'mon. Please. Talk to me. Save yourself." "Fuck you." — FORD CAME BACK, looked at Lucas, asked, "Get a name?" "Not unless it's 'Fuck you,'" Lucas said.

It's a game, you know," he said, testing her. "You can't back off in a game and win. You either go balls to the wall, or somebody takes you out and you're no good anymore.

John Sandford

The most powerful aspect of any bureaucracy, in Kidd's eyes, was the same thing that gave cancer its power: it was immortal. If you didn't seek it out and kill it, cell by cell, it'd just keep growing. Bureaucracies could chase you forever. You could defeat them over and over and over again, and the bureaucracy didn't much care, though some individual bureaucrats might. The bureaucracy, as a whole, just kept coming, as long as the funding lasted.

To everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already clreated the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No.

Dirk Moeller didn't know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out.

How do you like your peace now, motherfucker?

The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.

For two years, all you have to do is go where they tell you, stay behind your rifle, and kill and not be killed. It's simple, but simple isn't the same as easy.

If someone is telling you to live in interesting times, they are basically telling you they want you to die horribly, and to suffer terribly before you do. Seriously, they are not your friend. This is a tip I am giving you for free.

First off, to everyone who thinks writing a sequel should be easy because you've already created the universe: Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Heh. No.

Just accept you're drinking from the fire hose and open wide.

Really really really difficult, Tony allowed. But theoretically possible because, hey, it's a quantum physics universe.

It's war, you jackasses," Keyes snapped. "I'm sorry it's not terribly convenient or comfortable for you.

The Jenna Situation, as you recalled it now, had been fraught with fraughtiness.

Now if you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I need to play Russian roulette with our planet's future with the bullet you've so thoughtfully provided. I hope you don't mind if I don't see you out.