“Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but it is the mother of any number of other things as well: sacrifice and monstrosity and metamorphosis. Necessity is the mother of all necessary things, to coin a tautology.” — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 ship there towing you along behind in a ball gag and lacy underwear. So your warrant bullshit? You can roll that up and fuck it. Now tell me why I’m here.” “You know just ’cause you… — 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 good, decent people who live there? Belters aren’t thugs, and they aren’t murderers, they are men and women who love their children the same as any of us. They are good and evil and wise and… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
