It was intentional and inhuman. It was like seeing the face of God and finding no compassion there.
It takes something to stand out a little, and you can’t swing a dead cat on Ganymede without hitting five botany PhDs.
It struck him, not for the first time, that confrontations were like a dance. Certain moves required certain responses, and most of it happened in the lower parts of the brain that language might not...
It seems to me the better question is whether there’s any virtue in committing to a permanent and unexamined certainty.
It seemed to her that the real sign you were getting old was when you stopped needing to prove you weren’t getting old.
It is true that we do not feel the movement of the earth, but by admitting its immobility we arrive at absurdity, while by admitting its motion (which we do not feel) we arrive at laws, so also in his...
Is that possible? the duty officer said, her voice small and tight. Only if you define ‘possible’ as things that have already happened, Naomi said, not turning to look at her.
In the middle column, the colony ships she and her fleet had taken: the Bedyadat Jadida, out of Luna. The John Galt and the Mark Watney, out of Mars. The
In Amos’ experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be.
If people call me names, they do. I’m just trying to make it a little harder for people to feel comfortable killing each other.
If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too,
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've got a bunch of plumbers with rifles I could put on a shuttle. The bridge went quiet.
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 love you very much, Avasarala said. Knowing you has let me bear the unbearable. Arjun
I hope he knows what he’s doing, trusting delicate work like this to agents of chaos like us. Amos
I hear Montana is nice. Population density is good. Still more cows than people.
I don’t believe war ever does. It’s a madness that’s in our nature. Sometimes it recurs; sometimes it subsides. Sounds like a disease. The herpes simplex of the species?
I could kill you with my hands, Marcus thought, and it was enough to evoke the smile that etiquette called for.
I can get you some stimulants if you’d like, but there’s no coffee. Right, Holden said. No coffee. This is a terrible, terrible planet. Show me how to make everyone better.