James S.A. Corey Quotes

There had to be a moment, some decision that you made, and before it, you were one person, and after it, someone else.

There was a woman I knew. Long time. She used to say you can’t judge anyone by what they say. You have to watch what they do. She said that. I recognize the irony.

They were the people who thought it was a good idea to kill people who looked or acted differently against the people who didn’t.

They’d made a plan, and so far everything was more or less going the way they’d hoped. The thought left Holden increasingly terrified.

This isn’t about good guys and bad guys, Anna said. Yes, we’ve picked sides now, because some of the actions they are about to take will have serious consequences for us, and we’re going to try to sto...

Under the best conditions, disasters and plagues did that. It wasn’t universally true. There would always be hoarders and price gouging, people who closed their doors to refugees and left them freezin...

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It’s attractive because it’s simple, it’s direct, it’s almost always available as an option. When you can’t think of a good rebuttal for you...

We don’t have permission to kill him, Bull said. A finger slips, think we can get forgiveness? Probably.

We’re outgunned and outplanned, and I don’t see how we win.

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 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 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.

Your empire's hands look a lot cleaner when you get to dictate where history begins, and what parts of it count.

You’re making a mistake, shithead, Avasarala said, and dropped the connection.

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’ve grown up some since the first time we met, Fred said. Holden heard the sympathy in it. The consolation. It’s

[T]hat question is like asking what color Tuesday was. It’s meaningless.

Atavistic

It was impossible to forget that they were going into the unknown. Here there be monsters.

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