"Every once in a while, some poor bastard get saddled with the kind of impossible decision that destroys his career and makes his name a curse for the next hundred years."
Adam-Troy Castro is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer living in Wildwood, Florida.
"You want to know why humanity’s never been involved in a serious interspecies conflict? Because it’s like going out to eat when you have a pantry full of food at home. Why bother sampling the buffets elsewhere when we haven’t worked out all the great ways to kill each other yet?"
"“Any messages?” Oscin said, “Just a lot of people dreading whatever you plan to do next.”"
"Like all career diplomats, he’d spent a lifetime sculpting the truth into the shapes that best suited the needs of the moment, and would see nothing wrong with doing the same now."
"They all wore the slack-bored expression of folks doomed to spend all of eternity on an infinitely long supermarket checkout line."
"“In my experience, mediocrity in life-or-death situations gets people killed.” He looked knowing. “Read your history. Greatness kills more.” There was nothing I could say to that."
"Art isn’t just technique, in any culture…it’s also Content. It’s understanding not just How, but also What, to express."