# Andy Weir

- Quotes: 10
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir

## Books

- [Project Hail Mary](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/project-hail-mary.md) — 1 quote
- [The Martian](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian.md) — 9 quotes

## Recently added quotes

> As you can see, this plan provides many opportunities for me to die in a fiery explosion.

p. 29 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/as-you-can.md)

> As a chemist, Vogel knew how to make a bomb. In fact, much of his training was to avoid making them by mistake.

p. 358 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/as-a-chemist.md)

> "What's your name?" The computer asks.
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> I look down at my sheet toga. "I am the great philosopher Pendulus!"
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> "Incorrect."

p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/project-hail-mary/whats-your-name.md)

> Then I sat for a moment, dumbstruck that my plan had actually worked.

p. 318 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/then-i-sat.md)

> This allowed me to do what writers treasure more than anything else: catch the reader off-guard. There’s nothing better than knowing you’re going to outwit with the reader. And the type of people who read sci-fi are very difficult to outwit.

p. 385 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/this-allowed-me.md)

> Amazingly, some of the bacteria survived. The population is strong and growing. That’s pretty impressive, when you consider it was exposed to near-vacuum and subarctic temperatures for over twenty-four hours.
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> My guess is pockets of ice formed around some of the bacteria, leaving a bubble of survivable pressure inside, and the cold wasn’t quite enough to kill them. With hundreds of millions of bacteria, it only takes one survivor to stave off extinction.
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> Life is amazingly tenacious. They don’t want to die any more than I do.

p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/amazingly-some-of-the.md)

> I started the day with some nothin’ tea. Nothin’ tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin’.

p. 318 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/i-started-the.md)

> “But seeing his status doesn’t help,” Mindy said. “It’s not like we can do anything about it if he falls behind. This is a pointless task.”
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> “How long have you worked for the government?” Venkat sighed.

p. 271 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/but-seeing-his.md)

> “It just goes to show,” Teddy said. “Love of science is universal across all cultures.”

p. 247 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/it-just-goes.md)

> You started my training by buying me a beer. For breakfast. Germans are awesome.

p. 200 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-weir/the-martian/you-started-my-training.md)