The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

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

Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.

Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.

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.