Quotes of Nicholas Sansbury Smith

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“Accept your past without regrets. Handle your present with confidence. Face your future without fear.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Hell Divers
“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans. —STEPHEN HAWKING” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs
“The solar wind carried the ejection straight to the Earth’s magnetic field, where it penetrated the upper atmosphere and cut through it like a scalpel through loose skin.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” —Edgar Allen Poe” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“War does not determine who is right—only who is left.” —Bertrand Russell” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“With a swipe from his index finger a hologram of the Sun shot out and hovered over the console. Sophie studied the translucent image carefully. Bright red flames swirled around the perimeter of the ball of energy. She knew better than anyone in the room what they meant. At least theoretically. What they were witnessing was an event scientists had never seen: multiple solar flares followed by a massive coronal mass ejection. There was only one explanation. “That’s impossible,” Henry said under her breath before telling the team what Sophie already knew. “The magnetic disruption is coming from…Mars.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs
“Reality is only an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” —Albert Einstein” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“If one thing was clear, it was that the average American civilian lived under the constant threat of a chemical or biological attack. Even with the strides the government had made over the past two decades with organizing first responder teams, they were all just one accident or attack away from Armageddon. If Gibson had his way, the public would remain in the dark. That’s why Beckham was sitting with a team of ‘ghosts’ in an Osprey. They existed for the sole purpose of making sure the average civilian had no idea just how close they were to the apocalypse.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Horizon
“He’d learned a long time ago never to trust someone without a sense of humor. Over the years Beckham had grown to know many men in his career that lacked this trait. He’d found it was a good way to judge character.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Horizon
“As long as the human race still walked the Earth, there would be evil men and women in positions of power.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction Evolution
“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Orbs
“All it takes is all you got, Marines,” Garcia” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End
“These men weren’t staring because of Fitz’s disability—they were admiring the warrior in front of them.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction End
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” —Confucius” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“To the betrayers, liars and the thieves; your fate will be waiting in the dark of night, burrowing like a snake. And it will come for you when you least expect it. It always comes when you least expect it.” ~NSS” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“All warfare is based on deception.” —Sun Tzu, The Art Of War” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” —Mao Tse Tung” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by a few but dependent on the support of many." —B.H. Liddell Hart” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, The Biomass Revolution
“Tears flowed down his face. He could remember so many times he’d been mean to his dad, so many times he’d ignored him or taken him for granted. He wished there was some sort of time machine so he could go back and fix everything.” ― Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Red Sands
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series. His other work includes the Extinction Cycle series, the Trackers series, and the Orbs series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Managem…

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