And no one had so far been able to offer any scientific conclusions more compelling than Hmm. Weird.
[T]hat question is like asking what color Tuesday was. It’s meaningless.
You’ve grown up some since the first time we met, Fred said. Holden heard the sympathy in it. The consolation. It’s
You have allied yourself with stupid, violent men, and you are trying to convince yourself that being stupid and violent will work. That makes you stupid too. I will never help you. I’ll fight you now...
Yes, ma’am, Soren said. But I was wondering whether you should alert the security service about your decision to clear the sergeant. They do like to be in the loop on that kind of thing. Meow meow cry...
When Holden pointed out that the Roci was already capable of accelerating fast enough to kill her crew and asked why they’d need to upgrade her, Amos had replied, Because this shit is awesome. Holden...
What’s your doctorate in? she asked. Um. Structural biochemistry? Do you know what mine’s in? He shook his head for a change. Not structural biochemistry, she said gently. I
We don’t have permission to kill him, Bull said. A finger slips, think we can get forgiveness? Probably.
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...
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...
There’s a damaged piece of the system ahead, Miller continued, and I’d hoped we’d be able to get around it. No such luck. We’re on foot from here. Your fancy alien train is broken? My fancy alien mate...
There was no reason to think she would survive this. So she was surprised to notice that she was happy. Not the powerful, irrational, and dangerous joy of a euphoric attack, but a kind of pleasure and...
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.
There had to be a moment, some decision that you made, and before it, you were one person, and after it, someone else.
The ship name. It’s unusual. I swear, if I board one more ship named after someone’s kid or the girl they left behind after that magical weekend on Titan, I’m going to start fining people for general...
The people who have power over you are weak too. They shit and bleed and worry that their children don’t love them anymore. They’re embarrassed by the stupid things they did when they were young that...
That was the danger of being old and a politician. Habits outlived the situations that created them. Policies remained in place after the situations that inspired them had changed.
Take a bar of metal and put a single notch in it. The two lengths thus defined have a relationship that can be expressed as the ratio between them. In theory, therefore, any rational number can be exp...
Sure, boss, Havelock said. Cool as November, smooth as China silk.
Realizing you’ve got shit on your fingers is the first step toward washing your hands.