James S.A. Corey Quotes

If all that was possible, everything was.

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,...

There were two sides fighting—that was true enough—but they weren’t the inner planets versus the Belters. They were the people who thought it was a good idea to kill people who looked or acted differe...

I was afraid you were in trouble for a second, Your Highnessness, Han said, but the barb sounded hollow and unconvincing. Leia looked up at him, and the softness in her face told him that she’d heard...

I told you so could be an important message, but the burden of innocent death, of the chaos of a failing civilization might also be too much for one man to carry. Or

I thought if you told people facts, they’d draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But we don’t run on facts. We run on stories about things. Abou...

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.

They had no idea what it does, but they slapped their label on it like they’d made it. They found an alien weapon, and all they could think to do was brand it. There’s

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.

All monkeys playing with a microwave. Push a button, a light comes on inside, so it’s a light. Push a different button and stick your hand inside, it burns you, so it’s a weapon. Learn to open and clo...

Things change, Red, Amos said, you let us know. Because I’ll still be happy to kill the shit out of her.

We’re fine now, Sanjrani said. We’ll be fine for three years. Maybe three and a half. Then the recycling systems stop being able to meet demand. We won’t have infrastructure in place to fill the gaps....

I care deeply about all the fine details, she said, only actually, I don’t. Sum it up.

You’ve been spending a lot of time in Belter bars, Colonel. Someone might think you were looking for something. Dawes? Fred? I’ve been through better interrogation training than you’ll ever see. You w...

Ferns can be very aggressive

Well, mostly I’m a mechanic. But the idea that the UN has a file on me somewhere that lists me as the Rocinante’s killer? That’s kind of awesome.

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.

You’re a tough guy, but I’m a nightmare wrapped in the apocalypse. And

You couldn’t have come this far through so many dangers if there weren’t a reason for you to be here. The same beautiful bullshit that everyone told themselves. That they were special. That they matte...