Curtis C. Chen

“This is not some random misfortune we’re fighting. This is evil. And evil is predictable.”

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

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

“Paul’s sense of humor is more like a humor singularity, from which nothing funny can escape.”

““Are we done here?” I ask. “I can come back later if you want to yell at me some more.””

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

“There’s another important lesson here: If something seems weird, it’s probably even weirder than you think. The universe is really, really, really weird, guys.”