James S.A. Corey

“Saber rattling we’ve done before,” she said. “We’ve survived it. It’s a known quantity. I have a binder with nine hundred pages…

— James S.A. Corey

“Why do I put up with your shit?” “Because,” Amos said, starting to strip an assault rifle down to its component parts,…

— James S.A. Corey

“I've got a bunch of plumbers with rifles I could put on a shuttle." The bridge went quiet.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Change should be watched, moderated, and questioned. But that conservative view shouldn’t rein in progress or put a damper on hope.”

— James S.A. Corey

“A world no longer of haves and have-nots, but of the engaged and the apathetic.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Are you drunk?” “I think I am.” He had to concentrate not to slur. “And you’re not wearing pants?” “I’m not ready…

— James S.A. Corey

“Holden's an idiot, but he's not stupid. If he realizes he's being watched, he'll start broadcasting pictures of all our Ganymede sources…

— James S.A. Corey

“The best governments in history have been kings and emperors,” Duarte said. “The worst ones too. A philosopher-king can manage great things…

— James S.A. Corey

“It was a real book—onionskin pages bound in what might have been actual leather. Miller had seen pictures of them before; the…

— James S.A. Corey

“Fuckers,” Avasarala said. “That’s why they took out the missile. Throw a changeup and let us think it was their fastball.”

— James S.A. Corey

“The generals. They’re all fucking men.” “I thought Souther was the only—” “I don’t mean that they all fuck men. I mean…

— James S.A. Corey

“What have we got?" Ashford said. "Short form." "It's fucking weird, sir," Chan said.”

— James S.A. Corey

“No fame and glory for you, Cortez. Montezuma wasn’t impressed by your fire stick this time.” “Everything”

— James S.A. Corey

“Alex said. “This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It’s not Baltimore.” Amos’ smile was…

— James S.A. Corey

“It wasn’t as though they had a second Earth to use as a control. History itself was a massive n = 1…

— James S.A. Corey

“She was going to see a world in the aftermath of utter disaster, but she would still see it. And the state…

— James S.A. Corey

“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

“Nothing ever killed more people than being afraid to look like a sissy.” “Holden’s”

— James S.A. Corey

“Because we’re human, and humans are mean, independent monkeys that reached their greatness by killing every other species of hominid that looked…

— James S.A. Corey

“History was drenched in blood. But it also had cooperation and kindness, generosity, intermarriage.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Doesn’t take much before we have to compromise ourselves, does it?” “Get born,” Michio said, pulling”

— James S.A. Corey

“God might not care about financial standing, but He was the only one.”

— James S.A. Corey

“He won’t be on a ship trying to destroy the Ring anymore. He won’t be supporting Ashford anymore. All of the circumstances…

— James S.A. Corey

“For something that had been expecting prokaryotic anaerobes, it was doing a bang-up job of making do.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Only, so far, it was like a bunch of lizards watching the World Cup. Politely put, they weren’t sure what they were…

— James S.A. Corey