# Quote — John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

> '''No, it's not fair. You're in the wrong universe for fair.

- Author: [John Scalzi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi.md)
- Book: [The Ghost Brigades](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades.md)
- Page: 238
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Scalzi#The_Ghost_Brigades_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/no-its-not

## More from this book

> “Every creature has fear,” Jared said. “Even the non-conscious ones.”
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> “No,” Boutin said. “Every creature has a survival instinct. It looks like fear but it’s not the same thing. Fear isn’t the desire to avoid death or pain. Fear is rooted in the knowledge that what you recognize as yourself can cease to exist. Fear is existential.

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/every-creature-has.md)

> Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/imagine-if-every.md)

> She was temptable—which, if you believe in an all-powerful God, means God intentionally put temptation into Eve. Which seems like a dirty trick, if you ask me.

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/she-was-temptable-which.md)