The Terror

In this place, technology still bends the knee to luck.

It is a Captain's duty, after all, to mind for the worst case, not for the one he hopes for.

Turmoil on the inside needn't show on the out.

I learnt early: those who are quickest to tally your value often do it on your spots alone.

The past tense is a very sturdy thing. It's earned, but it does take for granted that one has survived. The present is a different case entirely.

We always feel worse in the darker months.

Once it's past all hope, the mind goes unnatural with thoughts.

No one can convince me that optimism or confidence is warm enough.

One's sense of cold is relative to one's experience.

Careful how you use that word, close. This is the Discovery Service. Close is nothing. It's worse than nothing. It's worse than anything in the world.

There is nothing worse than a man who has lost his joy.