Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.

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.

That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.