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James S.A. Corey quotes: But, like so many things in life, when you come to the spot where you're supposed to do the rituals, you do them. But, like so many things in life, when you come to the spot where you're supposed to do the rituals, you do them.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Holden thought he had probably been a very good scientist. Thrilled by small victories, undeterred by setbacks. Holden thought he had probably been a very good scientist. Thrilled by small victories, undeterred by setbacks.
James S.A. Corey quotes: now he was about to be killed because of yet another petty human with more power than sense. It didn't seem fair. now he was about to be killed because of yet another petty human with more power than sense. It didn't seem fair.
James S.A. Corey quotes: This is your house...If they don't respect you here, they won't respect you anywhere. This is your house...If they don't respect you here, they won't respect you anywhere.
James S.A. Corey quotes: The pachinko machines lit them blue and green and shrieked in artificial delight. The pachinko machines lit them blue and green and shrieked in artificial delight.
James S.A. Corey quotes: You ready?" Amos asked. "Does it matter?" "Not a lot. Let's You ready?" Amos asked. "Does it matter?" "Not a lot. Let's
James S.A. Corey quotes: That's what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn't matter. That's what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn't matter.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Elvi blinked in puzzlement as Murtry left. "Is he mad at me?" "Sweetie," Amos said, clapping her on the back, "that just means you're not an asshole. Elvi blinked in puzzlement as Murtry left. "Is he mad at me?" "Sweetie," Amos said, clapping her on the back, "that just means you're not an asshole.
James S.A. Corey quotes: There is a civilization out there that built the protomolecule and hurled it at us over two billion years ago. They were already gods at that point. There is a civilization out there that built the protomolecule and hurled it at us over two billion years ago. They were already gods at that point.
James S.A. Corey quotes: If they had to transport black market human organs or drugs or sexbots or whatever was in those crates, he'd do it. Because he was scared. If they had to transport black market human organs or drugs or sexbots or whatever was in those crates, he'd do it. Because he was scared.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Husband and wife seems like a less interesting and committed relationship than Holden and Naomi Husband and wife seems like a less interesting and committed relationship than Holden and Naomi
James S.A. Corey quotes: It didn't blow up last time," Han said. "Maybe it won't blow up this time, either. It didn't blow up last time," Han said. "Maybe it won't blow up this time, either.
James S.A. Corey quotes: 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. 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.
James S.A. Corey quotes: How many times can you get yourself massively irradiated before it catches up with you?" "At least once more? How many times can you get yourself massively irradiated before it catches up with you?" "At least once more?
James S.A. Corey quotes: He looked at the cop. He'd known the man less than a day, didn't trust him, and wasn't sure he much liked him. And this was who he'd die with. He looked at the cop. He'd known the man less than a day, didn't trust him, and wasn't sure he much liked him. And this was who he'd die with.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Stupid. Shortsighted. A man born with a sense for raw opportunity where his soul should have been. Miller's Stupid. Shortsighted. A man born with a sense for raw opportunity where his soul should have been. Miller's
James S.A. Corey quotes: This is deep. Drowning deep. And you know what they say about going in after a drowning man, right? Sematimba This is deep. Drowning deep. And you know what they say about going in after a drowning man, right? Sematimba
James S.A. Corey quotes: No fame and glory for you, Cortez. Montezuma wasn't impressed by your fire stick this time." "Everything No fame and glory for you, Cortez. Montezuma wasn't impressed by your fire stick this time." "Everything
James S.A. Corey quotes: Everywhere, there was imbalance, and the surest path to profit was to be between something valuable and someone who valued it. Everywhere, there was imbalance, and the surest path to profit was to be between something valuable and someone who valued it.
James S.A. Corey quotes: I care deeply about all the fine details," she said, "only actually, I don't. Sum it up. I care deeply about all the fine details," she said, "only actually, I don't. Sum it up.
James S.A. Corey quotes: If you fuck with him after this, I will end every piece of you. If you fuck with him after this, I will end every piece of you.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Get killed when I'm not babysitting, Lieutenant Kelly barked. They Get killed when I'm not babysitting, Lieutenant Kelly barked. They
James S.A. Corey quotes: It's all fun and games till someone shoots back, Holden thought. It's all fun and games till someone shoots back, Holden thought.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Shift in language is shift in consciousness, yeah," Josep Shift in language is shift in consciousness, yeah," Josep
James S.A. Corey quotes: The only right you have with anyone in life is to the right to walk away. The only right you have with anyone in life is to the right to walk away.
James S.A. Corey quotes: So you're trying to get me prepared for one of my crew dying?" "Historically speaking, humans are pretty much at a hundred percent on that. So you're trying to get me prepared for one of my crew dying?" "Historically speaking, humans are pretty much at a hundred percent on that.
James S.A. Corey quotes: You never ask for permission, you just apologize later. You never ask for permission, you just apologize later.
James S.A. Corey quotes: You've got a pit bull on one side of you and a rottweiler on the other, first thing you do is drop your steak. Miller You've got a pit bull on one side of you and a rottweiler on the other, first thing you do is drop your steak. Miller
James S.A. Corey quotes: You can't take the Razorback," he said to the tiny red triangles. "We are gone and gone and gone. You can't take the Razorback," he said to the tiny red triangles. "We are gone and gone and gone.
James S.A. Corey quotes: GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP. GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP.
James S.A. Corey quotes: the lizard living at the base of her spine the lizard living at the base of her spine
James S.A. Corey quotes: He hadn't been aware he'd felt wrong until he suddenly felt right again. He hadn't been aware he'd felt wrong until he suddenly felt right again.
James S.A. Corey quotes: It had been the most complex, difficult feat of mass-scale engineering humanity had ever accomplished until the next thing they did. It had been the most complex, difficult feat of mass-scale engineering humanity had ever accomplished until the next thing they did.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Probably the most common last words that day were going to be Huh, that's weird. That or Oh shit. Probably the most common last words that day were going to be Huh, that's weird. That or Oh shit.
James S.A. Corey quotes: He'd turned away from a life on basic to live in the stars, or if not the stars, at least the rocks that floated free in the night sky. He'd turned away from a life on basic to live in the stars, or if not the stars, at least the rocks that floated free in the night sky.
James S.A. Corey quotes: I think we need to leave now," Holden said, fear making the words come fast. "Like now now. Not later now. I think we need to leave now," Holden said, fear making the words come fast. "Like now now. Not later now.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Anonymous people living anonymous lives. Anonymous people living anonymous lives.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Hopefully a preacher didn't need anyone murdered. Hopefully a preacher didn't need anyone murdered.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Anderson Dawes," the pocked man said. "I'm the Ceres liaison for the Outer Planets Alliance. I think we can help each other. May I come in?" Miller Anderson Dawes," the pocked man said. "I'm the Ceres liaison for the Outer Planets Alliance. I think we can help each other. May I come in?" Miller
James S.A. Corey quotes: Acceleration is pressing his eyeballs out of their right shape. High tech astigmatism. Acceleration is pressing his eyeballs out of their right shape. High tech astigmatism.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Maybe one sad detective pulling a nuclear weapon on a wagon would slip through their defenses. Maybe one sad detective pulling a nuclear weapon on a wagon would slip through their defenses.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Strong believer in doing what needs to get done. Strong believer in doing what needs to get done.
James S.A. Corey quotes: In her prison gown, she looked like a ghost. Something already dead that hadn't stopped moving yet. Which, he figured, might be accurate. In her prison gown, she looked like a ghost. Something already dead that hadn't stopped moving yet. Which, he figured, might be accurate.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Annie," Tilly said. "If I wanted to suck vile fluids out of a flaccid and indifferent tube, I'd have stayed on Earth with my husband. Annie," Tilly said. "If I wanted to suck vile fluids out of a flaccid and indifferent tube, I'd have stayed on Earth with my husband.
James S.A. Corey quotes: I'm a long-flight pilot. Pushing a little bubble of air-filled metal across an ocean of nothing is what I was born to do. I'm a long-flight pilot. Pushing a little bubble of air-filled metal across an ocean of nothing is what I was born to do.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Naomi coughed. It was wet, painful sound, but the medical bay didn't seem concerned. The machine had a shitty bedside manner. Naomi coughed. It was wet, painful sound, but the medical bay didn't seem concerned. The machine had a shitty bedside manner.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Hooray for bloated Martian defense budgets, Hooray for bloated Martian defense budgets,
James S.A. Corey quotes: Stop busting my balls, Soren. I'm out of tea. Stop busting my balls, Soren. I'm out of tea.
James S.A. Corey quotes: It seems to me the better question is whether there's any virtue in committing to a permanent and unexamined certainty. It seems to me the better question is whether there's any virtue in committing to a permanent and unexamined certainty.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Dead's not good, but at least it's simple. Dead's not good, but at least it's simple.
James S.A. Corey quotes: His name put in with the great traitors, con men, and self-aggrandizing egomaniacs of history. His name put in with the great traitors, con men, and self-aggrandizing egomaniacs of history.
James S.A. Corey quotes: We're back up and commencing burn in thirty seconds unless someone says otherwise. Everybody get ready to weigh something. We're back up and commencing burn in thirty seconds unless someone says otherwise. Everybody get ready to weigh something.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Naomi shrugged with her hands, then started pulling her hair behind her head and tying it up with a red elastic band. Naomi shrugged with her hands, then started pulling her hair behind her head and tying it up with a red elastic band.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Shit," Amos said. "And here I was enjoying being so absolutely thumb-up-the-ass useless." "You Shit," Amos said. "And here I was enjoying being so absolutely thumb-up-the-ass useless." "You
James S.A. Corey quotes: Even on Earth, there were people with money, and then there were people with money. Even on Earth, there were people with money, and then there were people with money.
James S.A. Corey quotes: All beautiful things should have just a little sorrow about them. Made them seem real. All beautiful things should have just a little sorrow about them. Made them seem real.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Generation ship," Holden said. "Something like that will give us the stars." "Or a lonely death on a long trip to nowhere," Miller replied. "You Generation ship," Holden said. "Something like that will give us the stars." "Or a lonely death on a long trip to nowhere," Miller replied. "You
James S.A. Corey quotes: Good, because I don't use sex as a weapon," Bobbie said. "I use weapons as weapons. Good, because I don't use sex as a weapon," Bobbie said. "I use weapons as weapons.
James S.A. Corey quotes: She felt that politics was the second most evil thing humanity had ever invented, just after lutefisk. There She felt that politics was the second most evil thing humanity had ever invented, just after lutefisk. There
James S.A. Corey quotes: I keep warning you. Doors and corners, kid. That's where they get you. Humans are too fucking stupid to listen. I keep warning you. Doors and corners, kid. That's where they get you. Humans are too fucking stupid to listen.
James S.A. Corey quotes: If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too. If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Taking the things that other people thought they deserved to keep was dangerous work. Taking the things that other people thought they deserved to keep was dangerous work.
James S.A. Corey quotes: 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. 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.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Yes, you're in charge. That makes me XO, and it's the XO's job to tell the captain when he's being an idiot. You're being an idiot, sir. Yes, you're in charge. That makes me XO, and it's the XO's job to tell the captain when he's being an idiot. You're being an idiot, sir.
James S.A. Corey quotes: He is my white whale, and I will hunt him to the end of time. He is my white whale, and I will hunt him to the end of time.
James S.A. Corey quotes: That man could take a visitation from God with thirty underdressed angels announcing that sex was okay after all and make it seem vaguely depressing. That man could take a visitation from God with thirty underdressed angels announcing that sex was okay after all and make it seem vaguely depressing.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Trashy people puke," Tilly said. "Ladies are unwell. Trashy people puke," Tilly said. "Ladies are unwell.
James S.A. Corey quotes: person can fail the people they love just by being who they are. I'm person can fail the people they love just by being who they are. I'm
James S.A. Corey quotes: No rest for the wicked, no peace for the good. No rest for the wicked, no peace for the good.
James S.A. Corey quotes: her sensor package could track a golf ball and hit it with a torpedo from half the solar system away." "Oh, her sensor package could track a golf ball and hit it with a torpedo from half the solar system away." "Oh,
James S.A. Corey quotes: Catastrophe was just one part of what always happened. It was a prelude to what came next. Catastrophe was just one part of what always happened. It was a prelude to what came next.
James S.A. Corey quotes: It's not healthy having God sleeping right there where we can all watch him dream. It scares the shit out of us. It scares the shit out of me. It's not healthy having God sleeping right there where we can all watch him dream. It scares the shit out of us. It scares the shit out of me.
James S.A. Corey quotes: The ones that don't kill you don't count. The ones that don't kill you don't count.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Saying 'no problem' is a sure sign that everything is about to go terribly wrong," Han said. Saying 'no problem' is a sure sign that everything is about to go terribly wrong," Han said.
James S.A. Corey quotes: This kind of thing requires secrecy to function, so exposing all the secrets hurts them in the end. It's the only way this really, permanently stops. This kind of thing requires secrecy to function, so exposing all the secrets hurts them in the end. It's the only way this really, permanently stops.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Thing about civilization, it's what keeps people civil. You get rid of one, you can't count on the other. Thing about civilization, it's what keeps people civil. You get rid of one, you can't count on the other.
James S.A. Corey quotes: That wasn't political," she said. "He's a performance artist. That wasn't political," she said. "He's a performance artist.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Couldn't tell which direction the gunfire was coming from. Couldn't tell which direction the gunfire was coming from.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Keel-mounted rail gun," Alex said with a grin. " - that scream of overcompensating for tiny, tiny penises, but might prove useful. Keel-mounted rail gun," Alex said with a grin. " - that scream of overcompensating for tiny, tiny penises, but might prove useful.
James S.A. Corey quotes: epicanthic fold. epicanthic fold.
James S.A. Corey quotes: I believe there is a dignity in consequences, Captain. I think there's a kind of truth in them, and I try to cultivate a profound respect for truth. I believe there is a dignity in consequences, Captain. I think there's a kind of truth in them, and I try to cultivate a profound respect for truth.
James S.A. Corey quotes: There was justice to be had. He just couldn't afford it. There was justice to be had. He just couldn't afford it.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Ferns can be very aggressive," Prax said. Ferns can be very aggressive," Prax said.
James S.A. Corey quotes: No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work. No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.
James S.A. Corey quotes: So that was the story of who she was. The one who'd been too sensitive. Too weak. So that was the story of who she was. The one who'd been too sensitive. Too weak.
James S.A. Corey quotes: It was late. Late to start again. Late to realize how many years he'd spent running down the wrong road. It was late. Late to start again. Late to realize how many years he'd spent running down the wrong road.
James S.A. Corey quotes: A world no longer of haves and have-nots, but of the engaged and the apathetic. A world no longer of haves and have-nots, but of the engaged and the apathetic.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Either help or give up. Right now devil's advocate is just another name for asshole. Either help or give up. Right now devil's advocate is just another name for asshole.
James S.A. Corey quotes: His smile was curious and as serene as a well-fed predator. His smile was curious and as serene as a well-fed predator.
James S.A. Corey quotes: It was intentional and inhuman. It was like seeing the face of God and finding no compassion there. It was intentional and inhuman. It was like seeing the face of God and finding no compassion there.
James S.A. Corey quotes: All posthuman meant, literally speaking, was what you were when you weren't human anymore. All posthuman meant, literally speaking, was what you were when you weren't human anymore.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Five hours later, the government of Ceres collapsed. Five hours later, the government of Ceres collapsed.
James S.A. Corey quotes: The Nazis aren't from space. They are right here among us. They are the beasts of our worst nature. The Nazis aren't from space. They are right here among us. They are the beasts of our worst nature.
James S.A. Corey quotes: No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician. No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.
James S.A. Corey quotes: In Amos' experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be. In Amos' experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Do we have a plan?" "A couple," Jim said. "Either of them good?" "Oh, no. Not at all. Just different flavors of terrible. Do we have a plan?" "A couple," Jim said. "Either of them good?" "Oh, no. Not at all. Just different flavors of terrible.
James S.A. Corey quotes: Basic problem solving. If you don't have the data you need, play with the data you have, see if something comes out of it. She'd Basic problem solving. If you don't have the data you need, play with the data you have, see if something comes out of it. She'd
James S.A. Corey quotes: Fred shook his head again, this time giving Holden the vaguely frightened look of a man who wanted to back slowly out of the room. Fred shook his head again, this time giving Holden the vaguely frightened look of a man who wanted to back slowly out of the room.
James S.A. Corey quotes: You look old, Fred." "I feel old. But it's better than the alternative. You look old, Fred." "I feel old. But it's better than the alternative.
James S.A. Corey quotes: He was a professional doing an unpleasant job. He was a professional doing an unpleasant job.

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