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“I may have very slightly overestimated how fine it would be.”
— Miles, always
“But I do get afraid. It’s just that fear makes me sort of … angry and resentful, and I bite back at it. It’s hard to describe.”
“It isn’t hard to describe, you idiot,” Miles said. “It’s called courage.”
- Miles to Mark, Probably
“It’ll cheer the captain up. He’ll be over the moon. He may even lean back in his chair and nod slightly.”
— Miles about Captain Illyan
“An interesting theory, let me propose an alternative one: I am going to win this time. And this is a theory I have built up from the following postulates: one – I win every time; two – this is a time; three – I will win this time.”
— Miles, definitely
“No. I’m sorry, Miles. I carried the sheep for you. I climbed the tree. I rode the back of the truck. But now I have to X-ray these geese.”
— Ivan, at some point, probably
“On a scale of one to everyone dying I say let’s aim for a 7”
— Miles, probably
