I shall remain vigilant and unyielding in my pursuit of the enemies of the Coalition.I will defend and maintain the Order of Life as it was proclaim by the Allfathers of the Coalition in the Octus Canon.I will forsake the life I had before so I may perform my duty as long as I am needed.Steadfast, I shall hold my place in the machine and acknowledge my place in the Coalition.I am a Gear.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss War

People who wouldn't dream of drowning a puppy in a barrel full of water think nothing of killing a fish the same slow way.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Humanity Moral Wess Har

I know genes are a big deal, son, but they're not the be-all and end-all. Rob slowed to a halt at the lights, wishing the dickhead behind would back off. If they were, you'd be in a seafood salad and I'd be in prison.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Destiny Genetics Identity Self Belief

Real evil wasn't about bending the law to suit justice: evil was acting out of small, intensely personal expedience and losing sight of the bigger picture so often that you never got it back again.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Evil

Humans would never tell the simple truth when a lie was available....

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Halo Karen Traviss Science Fiction

I've never met a soldier who knew he was a hero. It's not false modesty. They simply decide to do something that they know they must do, usually for there comrades, because if they don't, those people will suffer in some way. For them, that compulsion is far stronger than any fear. The fact we find it exceptional is a sad indictment of the human race. I'd like to live in a world of heroes. If we did, there would be no wars.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Heroes Humility Modesty

Humans don’t connect their actions with what befalls them. Don’t they perceive time as linear?”They do,” said Aitassi. “They just don’t see why they should do anything individually to change their future to the one they want. All eight billion of them.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Humans Wess Har

I refuse to believe that gods want to make mortals unhappy and torment them. That's what humans do. And humans are very definitely not divine.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Halo Humans Karen Traviss Philosophy Religion

Gar taldin ni jaonyc; gar sa buir, ori'wadaasla. (Nobody cares who your father was, only the father you'll be.) - Mandalorian saying

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Clones Father Mandalorian Star Wars

Humans have too many rights and not enough responsibilities.-Aras

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Aras Responsibilities Rights Wess Har

G.I. Joe has a heart and an attitude that feels right and familiar to me, so they could have ray guns, and they'd still feel more like real troops than many other franchises.

~ Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss Heart Me Guns