It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?

I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.

I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.

Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum.