I’ve always rejected the great-man idea. The belief that human history was formed by singular individuals instead of broad social forces? Romantic, but … He waved a hand vaguely, like he was stirring...
I see, Avasarala said. And what’s your plan? Holden barked out a laugh with no humor in it. Plan? My plan is to die in a ball of superheated plasma.
It wasn’t just the size of it. It was the idea that four generations of the smartest people in the solar system had been living and working here as they helped drag humanity into the outer planets alm...
Eighteen months before, there hadn’t been sides. The inner planets had all been one big, happy, slightly dysfunctional family. Then Eros, and now the two superpowers were dividing up the solar system...
Situations change and clinging too tightly to what came before kills you.
Nothing that’ll kill us sounded good, but Holden felt a pang for his coffeemaker.
Things change, Red, Amos said, you let us know. Because I’ll still be happy to kill the shit out of her.
It didn’t blow up last time, Han said. Maybe it won’t blow up this time, either.
Later, when you're wishing we had this stuff, I am going to be merciless in my mockery. And then we'll die.
The birds, on the other hand, were going crazy. They filled the air with chirps and trills and songs. It was probably sparrow for Holy shit, what’s going on, we’re all gonna die, but it sounded pretty...
Nothing degraded morale like the sense that the potential for excellence was being denied.
The detective had been watching the video of Julie Mao's fight with her captors over and over again while they'd waited on Naomi and Amos to finish their work. It gave Holden the disquieting feeling t...
Holden considered ordering her to button up her helmet, then shrugged. She was old enough to decide for herself the relative risks and rewards of eating during a battle.
You train dogs by rewarding them. Punishment doesn’t actually work.
Holden thought he had probably been a very good scientist. Thrilled by small victories, undeterred by setbacks.
I keep warning you. Doors and corners, kid. That’s where they get you. Humans are too fucking stupid to listen.
You going to take the job? Miller said. I haven’t decided, Holden said. Which, since you are running a simulation of my brain, you already know. So you asking is really you telling me to take it. Stop...
The immediate danger wasn’t the Ring. At least not right now. It was humans taking their anxiety out on the nearest enemy they could actually see: each other.
If I had. If I had done those things, that would have been okay with you? Oh, fuck no. I’d have broken your neck and thrown you out the airlock, Amos said, clapping him on the shoulder. Ah, Prax said,...
I bet every captain you ever flew under thought you were a gigantic pain in the ass, Fred said finally. I believe my record reflects that, Holden said, trying to hide his relief.
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