Alex took a high stool and ordered a whiskey. Little early in the day for celebration, the barkeep said as he poured. What’s the occasion? It turns out, Alex said, exaggerating his Mariner Valley draw...
Alex said. This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It’s not Baltimore. Amos’ smile was as placid as always. Everywhere’s Baltimore.
A guy I once knew tried to justify his life choices to me by comparing himself to Genghis Khan. I take it you didn’t find his argument compelling? Murtry asked with a smirk. No, Holden said. And then...
A few people liked to paint this drive as a weakness. A failing of the species. Humanity as the virus. The creature that never stops filling up its available living space. Hector seemed to be moving o...
You’d scare the shit out of me, so don’t feel the need to prove it. But no matter how scared I am, I’m not backing down on this.
When we make these distinctions, we’re really creating them more than describing anything that’s already there. We’re seeing a very broad realignment
Wasn’t built to fix shit humanity broke, Miller said. I didn’t come here to open gates for you and get the lockdown to let you go. That’s incidental. The thing that made me just builds roads. And now...
The reactor had gone on Aten Base, his partner and supervisor had both panicked, and Havelock remembered the overwhelming fear in his own gut. When the riots had started on Ceres after the ice hauler...
Positioning Medina Station as the logical location for a fledgling League of Planets–type government, he at least had the good sense not to say it out loud.
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You’re not staying behind, Holden said. You’re keeping the crew alive while I do something really stupid. It’s why we’re an awesome team. You’re the captain now. That’s a shit job and you know it.
You’re making a mistake, shithead, Avasarala said, and dropped the connection.
Your empire's hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins, and what parts of it count.
You want a beer? Amos asked. You’re having beer for breakfast? Figure it’s dinner for you, Amos said. The man was right. Miller needed sleep. He hadn’t managed more than a catnap since they’d scuttled...
You use a welding rig to weld things. You use a gun to shoot things. You use a Bobbie Draper to fuck a bunch of bad guys permanently up.
You think somebody built those towers and structures and then just left? This whole planet is a murder scene. An empty apartment with warm food on the table and all the clothes still in the closets. T...
You think he may be a triple agent? It wouldn’t be the first time something like that had happened. The one thing you know about someone who’s willing to compromise his allies is that he’s willing to...
You look old, Fred. I feel old. But it’s better than the alternative.
You killed Dresden, Fred said. That’s a problem. It needed to happen. I’m not sure it did, Fred replied, but his voice was careful. Testing. Miller smiled, a little sadly. That’s why it needed to happ...
Will you be back? Lydia said. She hadn’t meant to, because she knew in her heart, in her bones, and deeper than that what the answer was. Timmy smiled at her for the last time. I take it back, she tho...