Gunpowder Moon Quotes

“That's the moon, commissioner: hours of boredom followed by a few seconds of terror.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“Isn't that how most conflicts start? With a gross miscalculation of the possibilities of escalation? A village first, then a peninsula, and then a continent? It is cold up here, commander. Cold and distant. Just a point in space from their viewpoint - valuable but aesthetically detached.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“Even grief can be selfish. ”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“If you ever do something as cosmically stupid as that again, at least get it on video. You'll need a keepsake of this place when I fire your ass, and nobody will ever believe this one when you get back on the beach." 

Cole Benson grinned. "Right. I can't even screw up good." 

"Then don't screw up at all.” ”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“If you ever do something as comically stupid as that again, at least get it on video. You'll need a keepsake of this place when I fire your ass, and nobody will ever believe this one when you get back on the beach."

Cole Benson grinned. "Right. I can't even screw up good."

"Then don't screw up at all.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“Panic will kill you - and make you look like an asshole in the process.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“All right," Quarles said into his helmet.
"Shit."
"Shit what?"
"Nothing. Just warn me the next time you do that."
"Do what?"
"Talk"
"Okay. How do you want me to warn you?”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“I didn't realize our government considered altruism one of its core competencies," {he} finally replied. "Is that why we're dropping a treaty that provides free helium-3 for the New Third World?" He started to unstrap his restraints. "I thought it was so we could prove to the orbital executives that we can keep up with their production demands.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon

“Tu te rends compte, des gens qui vivent sur la Lune ? Bon Dieu ! à quinze mètres au-dessus de nos têtes, il fait cent soixante dix degrés en dessous de zéro quand tu te trouves à l’ombre, dans un vide absolu, assez pour que l’eau de ton corps subisse une sublimation avant que tu n’aies le temps de geler sur place. Nous n’avons rien à faire ici, chef, et toute la beauté de la chose réside là.”
― David Pedreira, Gunpowder Moon