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• Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.

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  Fear, Waiting, Energy

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• It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.

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  Missing, Alive, Easier

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.13, Macmillan

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• You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

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  Feel Better, People, Giving

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.27, Macmillan

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• I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

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  Thinking, People, Different

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• My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.

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  Marriage, Missing, Connections

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.182, Macmillan

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• In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

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  Bugs, Said, Crew

  John Scalzi (2012). “Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas”, p.62, Macmillan

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• I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.

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  Issues, Years, People

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• Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

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  Reading, Writing, People

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• The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat

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  Stories, Goats, Worthy

  John Scalzi (2010). “The Last Colony”, p.4, Pan Macmillan

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• I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

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  School, Graduates, Angst

  John Scalzi (2010). “Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008”, p.26, Macmillan

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• I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

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  Yeti, Saws

  John Scalzi (2012). “Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas”, p.33, Macmillan

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• Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.

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  Gun, People, Aliens

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.274, Macmillan

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• Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.

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  Fear, Lines, May

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• When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

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  Love You, Waiting, Body

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• The Scooby gang doesn't travel because they are looking for crimes to solve. They travel because they're one step ahead of the deprogrammers. Somehow, Fred's got them all snookered. It probably has something to do with the Scooby Snacks.

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  Snacks, Steps, Gang

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• I can describe to you the taste of government cheese.

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  Government, Taste, Cheese

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• The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.

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  Book, Done, Want

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• Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

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  Squares, Space, Internet

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• Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• When it came time to make the audiobook, Audible did an ingenious thing: they asked both Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson to record entire versions of the book. As the author, I'm impressed with Audible's commitment to my narrative -- and I'm geeking out that both Wil and Amber are reading my book. This is fantastic.

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  Reading, Book, Commitment

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• I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back.

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  Vision, Want, Los Angeles

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• I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

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  California, Southern, Cliche

  "John Scalzi: the internet's troll-slayer" by Erin McCann, August 27, 2013.

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• I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

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  Army, Two, Wife

  John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.12, Macmillan

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• Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.

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  Stars, War, People

  John Scalzi (2010). “Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008”, p.120, Macmillan

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• GamerGate is about harassing, threatening and silencing women. Started that way, has been that way all along. Dont pretend otherwise.

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  Way, Threatening, Has Beens

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