Rachel Bach Quotes & Sayings

Right, right, I get it, you're a doctor, not a hacker. — Rachel Bach

They weren't even taking me seriously enough to bother removing my guns, which I took as a personal insult. — Rachel Bach

The captain's sister-in-law had traded her mechanic's coveralls for a colorful shirt, shorts, and a huge straw hat. She looked like a tourist, and because I'm the helpful sort, I told her so. — Rachel Bach

Cotter leaned forward. "Where do you get off being such a bossy bitch?"
I looked him dead in the eyes. "I was born a bossy birch, so you can either roll with it or get rolled over. — Rachel Bach

But fair warning, being drunk doesn't slow down my head shots. — Rachel Bach

Pride, lust, and whiskey are a potent combination. — Rachel Bach

But if you think there's a man anywhere who can make me do anything I don't want to do, you haven't been paying attention. — Rachel Bach

The situation was so ridiculously bad it could have been the punch line of a joke, and if I hadn't been the one getting punched, I probably would have laughed myself sick. — Rachel Bach

I'm not patient on a good day, and I hadn't had any of those for a while. — Rachel Bach

If it makes you feel better, though, Basil is the first on my list if we're ever stranded in deep space and forced to eat one another. Aeons are most delicious. — Rachel Bach

Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed — Rachel Bach

He was leaning back on his bench, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "Why would Charkov sleep with you?" "Gee, I don't know," I said, glowering. "Maybe because he's got good taste? — Rachel Bach

The truth is that there are no heroes. We're all villains excusing our actions by hiding behind a greater good. — Rachel Bach

The place had clearly been terraformed within an inch of its life; there was just no other way continents ended up perfectly square. — Rachel Bach

Nothing pisses me off like having my sacrifices undermined. — Rachel Bach

Now, you might think it's hard to look intimidating when you're dressed in a ratty T-shirt, barefoot, and unarmed facing down a man who has a good ten inches on you, but that's bullshit. Intimidation is all about attitude. All you have to do is let just how much you'd love to kick the other guy's ass show on your face and even the biggest skullheads will start backing down. — Rachel Bach

Memories are unruly things by nature. Some come when called, but most do exactly as they please, vanishing when you need them and popping up when you'd much rather they didn't. — Rachel Bach

Otherwise, it would have been much easier to just shoot you and be done with it." I disagreed. The fact that I was still alive after so many combat tours was a testament to exactly how hard it is to "just shoot me and be done with it. — Rachel Bach

Did I pick safety or ambition? The slow and steady or the gamble? I smiled. Put like that, it wasn't even a question. — Rachel Bach