# Quote — John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale

> Eight-year-olds can switch into acquisition mode pretty quickly.

- Author: [John Scalzi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi.md)
- Book: [Zoe's Tale](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/zoes-tale.md)
- Page: 53
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Scalzi#Zoe's_Tale_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/zoes-tale/eight-year-olds-can-switch

## More from this book

> I guess I was just hoping there might be a way to do things other than the way that ends up with everyone getting killed.

p. 302 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/zoes-tale/i-guess-i-was.md)

> Sometimes I don’t know if my life is complicated, or if it’s that I just think too much about things.

p. 76 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/zoes-tale/sometimes-i-dont.md)

> “This is Major Perry’s house?”
>
> “I hope so,” I said. “All his stuff is here.”

p. 23 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/zoes-tale/this-is-major.md)