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d3479db	People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.		Steve Perry
7f718ca	a second is as good as an eon, if you suceed...and as good as forever if you fail		Steve Perry
1071f69	He had never found a companion he could consider his equal, and if he ever did, well, how would he be able to trust someone that adept? An interesting conundrum.		Steve Perry
35e8211	Cold allowed precision, heat threw caution aside and plunged in rampantly. Cold was the process of deliberation and planning, heat the result of unbridled passion. Passion was fine, but only when controlled and channeled properly.		Steve Perry
ab83247	Why do you feel the need to practice so much?' "And he said, 'Well, I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of it." --		Steve Perry
18a1f7f	Then I'd have used some other tool. Knife, stick, a chair, whatever. Fighting fair gets you killed unless the other guy also fights fair and you are better than him and lucky. First rule: Don't do it.		Steve Perry
79a92b2	There it is," he said. "You sure? Doesn't look big enough." "I get that a lot. Trust me, it'll look bigger in a minute."		Steve Perry
4c68f55	I'm the least among us when it comes to fighting, slower and older. But why I am still here is that I know that, and compensate for it. "Old and treacherous beats young and strong every time."		Steve Perry
17d8f4c	I'm just guessing without a full autopsy, but I'd say that Rama here is considerably dead, and the cause probably an explosive carbine round to the head.		Steve Perry
e43fab6	She said they don't spend much time and energy protecting stupid folks from themselves. The symbol for danger should be enough." "What if a passerby cannot read the sign?" "Tough shit. Improves the gene pool."		Steve Perry
dde5d67	No hesitation, no qualms, move until you prevail or you cannot move anymore, whichever comes first.		Steve Perry
35b6e0b	You're not an ape, use a tool!' Your bare hands are for when your knife breaks; your knife is for when your pistol runs out of ammo; your pistol is for when your carbine is dead. Carbine is for when you can't be somewhere else.		Steve Perry
d59288b	It goes to the inaccuracy of statistics. Statistics say a man with one foot on a hot stove and the other on a block of ice is, on average, comfortable." "This also makes no sense."		Steve Perry
683df2e	If by dying for the cause you're going straight to Paradise to sit at your thundering god's right hand, death doesn't mean a whole lot." "Are people really that stupid?" "That's a rhetorical question, right?"		Steve Perry
7ffbe48	I have to recognize the boundaries and operate within them. I put down my gun, I don't solve anything, I just get unilaterally disarmed and become an easier target. I		Steve Perry
fa347a4	It was a pity that most people didn't actually go to libraries anymore, not when they could sit in the comfort of their own quarters and access files electronically. Want to read the new hot interstellar caper novel, or the latest issue of holozine? Input the name, touch a control, and - it's in your datapad. . . . There were, of course, old-fashioned beings who would still actually trundle down to where the files were. On some worlds..	reading books e-readers	Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
1fa4558	So here we have the basic ingredients in the art of distraction," Gunny said to Singh, as they walked toward the rendezvous point. "When in doubt, wait until dark, turn off the lights, and blow shit up. Gets people's attention stat."		Steve Perry
07d3ff4	Kane stood ready, his sword forged of love, hope and prayer, in hand.		Steve Perry
bb43205	In the land of the unarmed, the man with a rock was king.		Steve Perry
b0f7f9c	Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet.		Steve Perry
9dbac06	He's a bad-ass, that Buddha is. Tear your nuts right off.		Steve Perry
ba24c9e	If you look long enough into the Void, the Void begins to look back through you.		Steve Perry
19098b2	You see me as prey? Behold my claws and reconsider.		Steve Perry
e297c58	Honor was in surviving, not fair play.		Steve Perry (author)
02e4c0d	He was a frustrated romantic, a thing often mistaken for skepticism.		Steve Perry (author)
8aca08d	Rich people seldom run amok; They hire somebody to do that for them.		Steve Perry (author)
8426864	It wasn't a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.		Steve Perry (author)
dc8831a	Truth is the first casualty in war, but communications is the second.		Steve Perry (author)
22c81f7	If it ain't broke, don't break it.		Steve Perry (author)
8283d34	There are a lot of promises in the recycle bins of history.		Steve Perry (author)
c9f07ae	Everybody knows that.""Assume for a moment that everybody is wrong."		Steve Perry (author)
b356b28	One who searches for the definition 'devious' can find it listed under 'human.'"		Steve Perry (author)
4956315	Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust.		Steve Perry (author)
b3d0d14	Death came for all, and it was never a matter of "if," only "when."		Steve Perry (author)
e2dbab7	The good old days always seemed better in distant memory than they had actually been at the time.		Steve Perry (author)
d224a28	Desire, she realized, was a thick fog that could completely obscure reality.		Steve Perry (author)
c5a2ff1	You're not an ape, use a tool!		Steve Perry (author)
3f7306a	The rules are different for rich men," he said. "Always have been."		Steve Perry (author)
a085c89	A large bomb obscures a lot of evidence.		Steve Perry (author)
16d686a	What they don't know won't hurt us...		Steve Perry (author)
302d139	Old enough to look as if he knew what to do, young enough to look as if he could do it.		Steve Perry (author)
ff0ae90	War had a way of making carpe diem seem valid no matter what you wanted to seize...		Steve Perry (author)
735d22c	Okay, I need to go places and shoot people.		Steve Perry (author)

d3479db

People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

Steve Perry

7f718ca

a second is as good as an eon, if you suceed...and as good as forever if you fail

Steve Perry

1071f69

He had never found a companion he could consider his equal, and if he ever did, well, how would he be able to trust someone that adept? An interesting conundrum.

Steve Perry

35e8211

Cold allowed precision, heat threw caution aside and plunged in rampantly. Cold was the process of deliberation and planning, heat the result of unbridled passion. Passion was fine, but only when controlled and channeled properly.

Steve Perry

ab83247

Why do you feel the need to practice so much?' "And he said, 'Well, I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of it." --

Steve Perry

18a1f7f

Then I'd have used some other tool. Knife, stick, a chair, whatever. Fighting fair gets you killed unless the other guy also fights fair and you are better than him and lucky. First rule: Don't do it.

Steve Perry

79a92b2

There it is," he said. "You sure? Doesn't look big enough." "I get that a lot. Trust me, it'll look bigger in a minute."

Steve Perry

4c68f55

I'm the least among us when it comes to fighting, slower and older. But why I am still here is that I know that, and compensate for it. "Old and treacherous beats young and strong every time."

Steve Perry

17d8f4c

I'm just guessing without a full autopsy, but I'd say that Rama here is considerably dead, and the cause probably an explosive carbine round to the head.

Steve Perry

e43fab6

She said they don't spend much time and energy protecting stupid folks from themselves. The symbol for danger should be enough." "What if a passerby cannot read the sign?" "Tough shit. Improves the gene pool."

Steve Perry

dde5d67

No hesitation, no qualms, move until you prevail or you cannot move anymore, whichever comes first.

Steve Perry

35b6e0b

You're not an ape, use a tool!' Your bare hands are for when your knife breaks; your knife is for when your pistol runs out of ammo; your pistol is for when your carbine is dead. Carbine is for when you can't be somewhere else.

Steve Perry

d59288b

It goes to the inaccuracy of statistics. Statistics say a man with one foot on a hot stove and the other on a block of ice is, on average, comfortable." "This also makes no sense."

Steve Perry

683df2e

If by dying for the cause you're going straight to Paradise to sit at your thundering god's right hand, death doesn't mean a whole lot." "Are people really that stupid?" "That's a rhetorical question, right?"

Steve Perry

7ffbe48

I have to recognize the boundaries and operate within them. I put down my gun, I don't solve anything, I just get unilaterally disarmed and become an easier target. I

Steve Perry

fa347a4

It was a pity that most people didn't actually go to libraries anymore, not when they could sit in the comfort of their own quarters and access files electronically. Want to read the new hot interstellar caper novel, or the latest issue of holozine? Input the name, touch a control, and - it's in your datapad. . . . There were, of course, old-fashioned beings who would still actually trundle down to where the files were. On some worlds..

reading books e-readers

Michael Reaves and Steve Perry

1fa4558

So here we have the basic ingredients in the art of distraction," Gunny said to Singh, as they walked toward the rendezvous point. "When in doubt, wait until dark, turn off the lights, and blow shit up. Gets people's attention stat."