“Time to stand down, maybe.” “Nope. Just because there’s no government doesn’t mean our oaths are over. We’ll keep doing what we were tasked to do. Save civilians.”

Karen Traviss, The Best of Us [Amazon, Bookshop]

Hermetic quote Traviss The Best of Us keep doing what we were tasked to do save civilians

Consider also:

  1. “She didn’t give a damn. She had a list of what she didn’t like, and almost everything—and everybody—in Lychford was on it.”
  2. “There must be some sort of logic hidden here, but if there is, it’s beyond me.”
  3. “There was nothing more to happen; everything had already happened except for one trifle which would be over soon.”
  4. The Dark Rites of Cthulhu
  5. “I had my own mantra: “Always look for the enchanted dildo.” It was one of those things that sounded wise if you didn’t over-think it.”