{"quotes":[{"text":"I focused the power from my armor into my leg and kicked the door in. The metal and plastic fibers splintered and the hinges ripped free from the wall.“By the way, boss,” HARV said. “I believe that the door was unlocked.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":6872,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"Mars is not Earth. It doesn't have a thick atmosphere to bend light and carry particles that reflect light around corners. It's damn near a vacuum here. Once the sun isn't visible, I'm in the dark. Phobos gives me some moonlight, but not enough to work with. Deimos is a little piece of crap that's no good to anyone.","author":"Andy Weir","tags":["humor","mars","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy","the-martian"],"id":71855,"author_id":"Andy+Weir"},{"text":"I told you it was easy,” HARV said.“True, but you say that about everything.”“That's because everything is easy for me.”“Everything but humility.”“No, that's easy, too. I just choose not to practice it.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":73903,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"W turned on his heel and began walking toward the door at the far wall. And by walking I mean, of course, not moving at all, at least not to the naked eye, because his strides could only be measured in micrometers. His creaky legs made barely the tiniest of forward steps, so he’d taken four strides before I noticed any lateral movement at all.“I'll be right back.”“Geologically speaking, of course,” HARV said.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":105006,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"Great Gates almighty,” HARV said inside my brain. “I go off-line for a few nanos and the whole world goes to DOS.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":121523,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":" ‘Foo Kyu’ is just a very unfortunate cultural coincidence.'Just think about his poor son, ‘Foo Kyu Two.’. ","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":122904,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"I didn't wait for Luck. I tore after it with a truck.","author":"A.A. Bell","tags":["fantasy","inspirational","luck","sci-fi-humour-comedy","science-fiction","truck"],"id":134892,"author_id":"A.A.+Bell"},{"text":"I smiled, reached into my pockets and pulled out a pair of ultrapowerful earplugs, the kind that are standard issue for skyway construction workers, artillery soldiers, and roadies for the thirty-five most popular teen boy bands.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":163815,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"Don't worry, boss,” HARV said. “I get the feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg of complications.”“HARV, you’re a machine. You don’t get feelings.”“Would it make you feel better if I said I've done a numerical analysis on the probabilities and the results are skewed toward you having more problems with this case?","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":184001,"author_id":"John+Zakour"},{"text":"Yeah, but will it hurt?”’ I asked.“This is science, Zach,” Randy said, reassuringly, as he tilted my head back and lowered the lens to my eye. “Of course it will hurt.","author":"John Zakour","tags":["humor","sci-fi","sci-fi-humour-comedy"],"id":188817,"author_id":"John+Zakour"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}