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Quotes About Xeno

As her vision cleared, Kira saw the ruins of the supply room. The grasper was a mangled mess, but several of its tentacles still waved with weak urgency, blobs of orange ichor oozing from its wounds. Carr had been thrown against the shelving. Shards of bones stuck out from his arms and legs. The orphaned piece of the xeno lay against the bulkhead across from her: a slash of torn fibers draped across the crumpled panels.
~ Christopher Paolini
Okay, that's intensely interesting, Duvall said. So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism? The leftward schism, and no, not a priest. Couldn't handle the celibacy? Leftward priests aren't required to be celibate, Dahl said, but considering I was the only human at the seminary, I had celibacy thrust upon me, if you will. Some people wouldn't let that stop them, Duvall said. You haven't seen a Forshan seminary student up close, Dahl said. Also, I don't swing xeno.
~ John Scalzi