“It was funny, he thought, how the ruins of the past shaped everything that came after.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“It didn’t blow up last time,” Han said. “Maybe it won’t blow up this time, either.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“If Miller squinted, he could see the seventeen-year-old boy he had been under the layers of time and disappointment” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“There had to be a moment, some decision that you made, and before it, you were one person, and after it, someone… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Everyone’s got history,” Baasen said amiably. “Man still has to work, whatever’s in his past, eh?” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“No one’ll see us coming,” Han said. “And everyone dies sometime.” “Not comforting.” “The alternative is we go spend a bunch of… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“There’s a thing that happens,” Avasarala said, “when unthinkable things become thinkable. We’re in a moment of chaos. Everything’s up for grabs.… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“By the time the Somnambulist had set her creaking bones to rest on their assigned landing pad, Holden had lost all patience… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Don’t let things sit for too long. It’s always tempting to just ignore the things that aren’t actually on fire just at… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“That moment of shaking had been a whole battle too abrupt for a human mind to follow. He wasn’t sure if that… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Doors and corners are always dangerous, because you’re moving into something without being sure what’s there. By the time you see the… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“You think he may be a triple agent?” “It wouldn’t be the first time something like that had happened. The one thing… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“If we accept the premise that we’re always wrong, it really removes the incentive to spend a lot of time trying to… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“You’ve worked with George R. R. Martin a lot in the past. What kind of advice did he have for this project?… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Been brooding the whole time?” she asked. “Some of it, yeah.” “Did it help?” “Nope.” “Right. Spring into action, then?” He nodded… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Will you be back?” Lydia said. She hadn’t meant to, because she knew in her heart, in her bones, and deeper than… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“During his time as a graduate student, he had done data collection for a study of Pinus contorata. Of all the varieties… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“You’ve been spending a lot of time in Belter bars, Colonel. Someone might think you were looking for something.” “Dawes?” “Fred?” “I’ve… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“In that moment Baja felt something like a hammer blow to his chest. Everyone in those pockets of Air was Felsia to… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.” He” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
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… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“This was the difference, she thought, between solitude and isolation. And now she knew something about herself she hadn’t known before. It was an… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“Oh, I’m not dying out here,” Amos said, and pointed toward the interior of the ship with his chin. “Worst-case scenario, I’m dying inside… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“My love is a pure love,” Alex said with a grin. “I wouldn’t sully it by actually, you know, doin’ anything about it.” “The” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“The mech hadn’t been designed for violence, but it was suited for it. That made her and it the same.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“For another thing, we’re under martial law, so I can do very nearly whatever the fuck I want. Including march through your precious little… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“This attack is the greatest tragedy in human history,” Avasarala said. “They want the belt to rise up so they can hide behind the… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“Church of Humanity Ascendant, a religion that eschewed supernaturalism in all forms, and whose theology boiled down to Humans can be better than they… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“Oh good,” Amos replied. “Somebody got killed there. That’s how we claim stuff, you know. This planet is officially ours now.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“Alamogordo and worked his two-year service stripping down ancient solar electricity stations from the bad old days before fusion.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“But humans hadn’t been living and working in space nearly long enough for the primitive part of the brain not to say, I’ll fall,… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“I like the backup plan better,” Amos said. “Backup plan?” Prax asked. “The backup plan is I grab the first guy we see, and… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
“She had seen Holden on the newsfeeds and reports. At the beginning of the war between Mars and the Belt, he had been the… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share
