Curtis C. Chen

"I’d just like us to consider all the possibilities. Especially the ones that involve me being an assassination target."

"When you put enough secrets into play, they’re going to start colliding with each other."

"I don’t know how long I can keep lying to someone I want to love."

"Hong doesn’t say anything. I can’t decide whether he’s being politely discreet or annoyingly neutral."

"That’s what happens when you ask for obedience without granting trust. Zealots need to be micromanaged."

"Which, again, is very unlikely and would seem pretty ridiculous to any normal person, but as events keep reminding me: I don’t deal with normal people."

"No aliens yet, but it’s amazing how paranoid some people can get when you pay them to think up worst-case scenarios."

"People always think differently of someone who’s been in an armed conflict. Even if she never picked up a weapon. She still picked a side."